Fatal crash blocks Interstate 90
One person has died and eight people were injured in a series of accidents just west of Spokane this morning. The accidents have blocked Interstate 90 eastbound, and westbound traffic was moving stop-and-go.
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A westbound semi truck hauling heavy metal plates came to rest on an embankment at the Interstate 90 overpass above Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road following a series of accidents that claimed one life and injured eight others. Icy conditions were said to be a factor in the crashes.
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
One person in this passenger car died Wednesday morning in a series of accidents on I-90 just west of the Cheney interchange at State Highway 904. The car collided with a semi-truck that had maneuvered to avoid a pickup that lost control on an icy freeway.
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Occupants of this passenger vehicle survived a collision with a semi-truck in a series of crashes Wednesday morning that led to one fatality on I-90 just west of the Cheney interchange.
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
State Patrol investigators check wheels on a semi trailer that was involved in a series of collisions Wednesday morning on I-90 just west of the Cheney interchange. One person was killed after colliding with this semi truck, which plunged down the freeway embankment at an overpass above Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road.
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
At top, a tow truck hauls a Prius from an accident involving this semi truck. An occupant of the car died at the scene. The westbound truck was hauling heavy metal plates and collided with two eastbound cars, including the Prius, before plunging down the embankment at the Interstate 90 overpass above Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Eight others suffered non-life threatening injuries. Icy conditions were said to be a factor in the crashes. The accident began when an eastbound pickup lost control, causing the semi driver to swerve over the median into oncoming traffic.
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A State Patrol trooper checks out the scene where a westbound semi truck hauling heavy metal plates went off an embankment at the Interstate 90 overpass above Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 following a series of accidents that claimed one life and injured eight others. Icy conditions were said to be a factor in the crashes.