2 dead and 24 Injured in Interstate 790 Pile-up.

At least two are dead and 24 others injured after two tractor-trailers collided at Interstate 790 west of the cities Tuesday morning causing a chain reaction involving a total of 17 vehicles, according to preliminary reports.
The collision which occurred at 6:45 may have set off a chain reaction involving 16 other vehicles. A tanker hauling diesel fuel-which was one of the four tractor trailers involved in the crash-was struck by another vehicle and careened of the road; however the driver was able to stop the vehicle without rolling over, and dumping its flammable contents onto the road. Only the truck part of the tanker was damaged, and the driver was uninjured; according to Sgt. Albert Wei of the police department.
Four of the 24 injured had life threating injuries, according to Fire Chief Tony Sullivan, who arrived at the scene along with all five of the departments ambulances along with ambulances from four nearby citys’ fire departments.
Sullivan described the scene in Interstate 190 as looking like something from a war zone. Bodies lying along the side of the road as emergency workers rushed to the aid of commuters sitting next to their cars covered in blood.
Memorial Hospital’s, “ Life Flight” helicopter hurried to the scene to take two of the most severally injured people to a trauma center in Statesville, which is 50 miles away.
The accident which occurred on the northbound lanes Of Interste 790, closed off the entire highway running north and south. Commuters were forced to reroute to Internate 690 causing a back up for three hours in rush hour traffic. As of press time Interstate 790 was still closed and Wei was uncertain when it would reopen.