With bodies lying on the road, people covered in blood sitting near their cars, emergency personnel moving everywhere trying to help victims, and sirens screaming their arrival, Interstate 790 looked like a war zone. This was how local fire chief Tony Sullivan described the aftermath of a 14 car and four tractor-trailer pile-up that happened at 6:45 a.m. this morning.
With two people dead, 20 injured, and two of the most seriously injured flown to the trauma center in Statesville, Sullivan says this is the worst accident he has seen in his 18 years of service. It all started when two tractor-trailers collided, one of them carrying diesel fuel, in the northbound lanes of Interstate 790. All of the city’s fire department’s ambulances arrived at the scene, as well as some from four area cities. Emergency personnel were rushing around trying to help all the victims, while police officers tried to figure out which people were drivers, who were passengers, and who the vehicles belonged to, said Sgt. Albert Wei.
Interstate 690, the alternative route drivers took after the accident, was backed up for three hours after the accident. The traffic problems may continue because Wei is not sure when Interstate 790 will open again.
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