Two drivers died and several others were injured in an accident on Interstate 790. At 6:45 a.m. this morning two tractor trailers collided, creating a chain reaction. According to Sgt. Albert Wei of the police department, 16 other vehicles were involved including a tractor-trailer hauling diesel fuel. Very luckily the tanker “didn’t roll over or dump any fuel or catch fire,” stated Wei. However, four victims of the accident sustained life-threatening injuries, announced Fire Chief Tony Sullivan. Two of the four had to be rushed 50 miles away in the “Life Flight” helicopter from Memorial Hospital to the trauma center in Statesville. Overall, 20 people were injured. Sullivan described the scene like it was a war zone; people covered in blood, bodies sprawled along the road, workers franticly rushing around doing everything they could to help. It was chaos. In over the 18 years Sullivan has been with the fire department, he has never seen anything so bad. According to Wei, Interstate 790 remains closed, and there is still no indication on when it’ll be open to traffic again.
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