193 vehicle pileup closes I-94 in west Michigan

Bazza · Jan 10, 2015

GALESBURG, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Crews are continuing to work through the night on the crash on I-94 that has closed the highway in both directions until early Saturday morning.

An estimated 193 vehicles were involved--76 semis, and 117 cars.
One semi was loaded with over 44,000 pounds of formic acid, and another hauling thousands of pounds of fireworks that erupted into a huge fireball.
There's still no information on how it all happened, as investigators are reconstructing the entire accident, which could take weeks.
Currently drivers are being transported back to their cars, so they can be cleared off the highway.
Temperatures below 10 degrees, with strong winds, don't make moving semi-trucks easy at all, but crews won't stop until I-94 is back open.

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Michigan State Police Lt. Rick Pazder says the accident killed one person — a trucker from Ottawa, Canada — and injured an unknown number of people.

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ValuJet · Jan 10, 2015

I bet the fireworks truck exploding was a hell of a show.

Jessica4Bama · Jan 10, 2015

Wow. That video was crazy. There was nothing they could do to stop.

92tide · Jan 10, 2015

video of the fireworks at the link

[video]http://fox17online.com/2015/01/09/video-truck-carrying-fireworks-explodes-near-i-94-hazmat-situation/[/video]

Tidewater · Jan 10, 2015

Jessica4Bama said:
Wow. That video was crazy. There was nothing they could do to stop.

Other than slow down in the first place.
Not far from me, on Interstate 77 at Fancy Gap, the interstate experiences a serious drop in altitude over a short distance and there is serious fog on numerous occasions. Serious fog that limits visibility to 50 feet or so. And drivers will just barrel into a thick fog bank doing 75 miles an hour. They've had numerous pile-ups there, including one with 93 vehicles and three deaths in April 2013. And that was with traction that was fine. You just couldn't see very far.

92tide · Jan 10, 2015

and all of the northern transplants say that us southerners can't drive in the snow

Gr8hope · Jan 10, 2015

Read about this and they are reporting only one death so far. After seeing the video and other pics I won't be surprised if there are more. Terrible.

2003TIDE · Jan 10, 2015

The fatality had to be the trucker that hit the pileup @ full speed in the video. That was insane.

Bama Reb · Jan 10, 2015

Tidewater said:
Other than slow down in the first place.
Not far from me, on Interstate 77 at Fancy Gap, the interstate experiences a serious drop in altitude over a short distance and there is serious fog on numerous occasions. Serious fog that limits visibility to 50 feet or so. And drivers will just barrel into a thick fog bank doing 75 miles an hour. They've had numerous pile-ups there, including one with 93 vehicles and three deaths in April 2013. And that was with traction that was fine. You just couldn't see very far.

And most of those using their cruise control, no doubt.

92tide · Jan 10, 2015

2003TIDE said:
The fatality had to be the trucker that hit the pileup @ full speed in the video. That was insane.

i saw one suv that got sandwiched in between several semis.

jthomas666 · Jan 10, 2015

Tidewater said:
Other than slow down in the first place.
Not far from me, on Interstate 77 at Fancy Gap, the interstate experiences a serious drop in altitude over a short distance and there is serious fog on numerous occasions. Serious fog that limits visibility to 50 feet or so. And drivers will just barrel into a thick fog bank doing 75 miles an hour. They've had numerous pile-ups there, including one with 93 vehicles and three deaths in April 2013. And that was with traction that was fine. You just couldn't see very far.

There's a stretch like that just north of Knoxville, I think. I-81?

Bamaro · Jan 10, 2015

jthomas666 said:
There's a stretch like that just north of Knoxville, I think. I-81?

Its I75 near the Bowaters plant

ValuJet · Jan 10, 2015

Tidewater said:
Other than slow down in the first place.
Not far from me, on Interstate 77 at Fancy Gap, the interstate experiences a serious drop in altitude over a short distance and there is serious fog on numerous occasions. Serious fog that limits visibility to 50 feet or so. And drivers will just barrel into a thick fog bank doing 75 miles an hour. They've had numerous pile-ups there, including one with 93 vehicles and three deaths in April 2013. And that was with traction that was fine. You just couldn't see very far.

I was just thinking about that 7.5 mile stretch that has a "Runaway Truck Ramp" every mile or so. I have driven down that mountain numerous times when that 50 foot visibility you described would have been welcome. We drove down that stretch last Sunday night and I prayed it would be clear (it was). On a clear day it's beautiful, with Pilot Mountain a few miles away. On a foggy day it's a nail biter.

Vinny · Jan 12, 2015

That is some pile up.

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