NewsMarch 1, 2015
11 injured in chain of accidents on Interstate 44
ROLLA, Mo. -- Police say a tractor-trailer crashed into the rear of a Greyhound bus in snowy weather on Interstate 44 in Missouri, setting off a chain of accidents involving dozens of vehicles. At least 11 people were sent to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries...
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11 injured in chain of accidents on Interstate 44
ROLLA, Mo. -- Police say a tractor-trailer crashed into the rear of a Greyhound bus in snowy weather on Interstate 44 in Missouri, setting off a chain of accidents involving dozens of vehicles. At least 11 people were sent to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
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Sgt. Cody Fulkerson, a spokesman for the Missouri State Police, said no one was killed when between 25 and 35 vehicles crashed into each other Saturday. Police closed the westbound interstate near Rolla, Missouri. A hazardous materials team was cleaning up a small leak of a flammable liquid from a tractor-trailer.
Fulkerson said police have been working on well over 100 accidents because of the weather. Earlier in the day, two people were killed in a multiple-vehicle crash further south in Laclede County.
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