SHUTS
SHUTS DOWN A PORTION OF 1-95 ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE 4@ THIS MORNING
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE... AS
AUTHORITIES ARE JUST REOPENING4@
THE ROAD.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH ZACH BLANCHARD.
LEE
LEE AND
LEE AND CINDY -- AS YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHWAY HAS BEEN REOPENED TO TRAFFIC.
BUT BOY WHAT A SCARY MORNING FOR
FOLKS -- CHECK OUT THESE
IMAGES4@
MORE THAN 30 C4@ARS PILED UP --
AND SMASHED -- ALL OVER THE
HIGHWAY IN CARMEL.4@
AT FIRST POLICE THOUGHT THERE
MAY HAVE BEEN AS MANY AS 60 CARS
WERE INVOLVED.
IT ALL HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 8
O'CLOCK.4@
AS FOR THE INJURED WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE EXTENT
4@OF THE INJURIES ARE OR JUST H
MANY PEOPLE WERE INJURED. 4@
AT LAST CHECK -- NORTHERN LIGHT
EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
EXPECTED AT LEAST 9 TO 13
PATIENTS.
WE'RE TOLD ONE PERSON WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED AND HAD
TO BE FLOWN BY LIFEFLIGHT.
POLICE SAY THE SUN AND SLICK
CONDITIONS MAY HAVE WHAT
CAUSED IT ALL.
4@
...MULTIPLE CAR CRASH.4@4@
4@4@4@4@
4@4@4@4@ WE'RE EXPECTING LEARN A LOT MORE FROM POLICE AT PRESS
CONFERENCE AT TWO O'CLOCK.4@
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT
HAPPENED BACK IN 20-15.
THIS SPOT HAS REALLY BECOME
KNOWN FOR THIS. 4@
FOR A LOT MORE ON THE REACTION
FROM THOSE INVOLVED HERE'S4@
CHLOE
CHLOE TEBOE. CHLOE?
4@
4@ HEY
4@ HEY ZACH, 4@
WE'RE
WE'RE 4@DRIVING UP I-95 NORTHBOD NEAR CARMEL. THIS IS WHERE THE PILE-UP TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS
WE'RE 4@DRIVING UP I-95 NORTHBOD NEAR CARMEL. THIS IS WHERE THE PILE-UP TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS@
MORNING... AND IT WAS QUITE A
SCENE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE
AROUND 8 A.M.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME
VIDEO OF THE CHAOS AND WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE THEN.
IN MY YEARS OF DRIVING, THIS WAS
SERIOUSLY
SERIOUSLY UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE SEEN BEFORE... CARS WERE LINED UP FOR AT LEAST
A COUPLE OF MILES DOWN THIS
ROAD... 4@
AND EVERYTHING WAS AT A STAND-
STILL. AT THE FRONT OF THE
AC4@CIDENT, FIRST RESPONDERS WE
RUSHING IN TO HELP THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE MORE SERIOUSLY
INJURED. THAT INCLUDED AT LEAST
ONE TRIP BY LIFE FLIGHT.
PEOPLE IN THE CARS WERE MAKING
PHONE CALLS TO THEIR4@
LOVED ONES... I ACTUALLY MET A
MAN
MAN WHO
MAN WHO HAD DRIVEN DOWN TO THE SCENE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY... HE WAS WORRIED
BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS ONE
OF THE PEOPLE STUCK IN THE
CRASH.
THE DRIVERS WHO SAW WHAT4@
HAPPENED AND WERE STUCK IN
THE TRAFFIC SAID THEY WERE
PRETTY RATTLED BY IT. 4@
A LOT OF THEM SAID THE SLICK4@
ROADS AND BRIGHT SUNSHINE TODAY
MADE FOR REALLY DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
DRIVING CONDITIONS. "WE'RE NOWHERE I COULD GO. I
JUST WENT RIGHT FORWARD INTO TH@ 4@
4@
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. THEN IT WE GOT STOPPED, AND THEN IT WAS JUST CRUNCH,4@
CRUNCH,
CRUNCH, CRUNCH ALL THE WAY BEHIND ME. YOU COULD HEAR THEM."4@
"TRUCKS, CARS EVERYWHERE O4@FF E
ROAD -- ALL CRASHED, BANGED
UP. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO WERE HURT AND HAD TO BE 4@
TAKEN OUT OF HERE IN AMBULANCES,
BUT YOU COULDN'T SEE
A THING. THE SUN W4@AS ABSOLUTE
BLINDING."4@
AND I CAN TESTIFY... IT IS STILL
REALLY HARD TO SEE WHEN 4@
DRIVING
DRIVING AROUND UP HERE. SO PLEASE, JUST TRY TO TAKE IT SLO@ AND STAY SAFE ON THE ROADS.
AS FOR THE HIGHWAY... IT IS BACK
OPEN NOW, BUT WE WILL BE
BRINGING YOU UPDATES ABOUT THE
CRASH THROUGHOUT THE
DAY ON-AIR AND ONLINE.
IN CARMEL, CHLOE TEBOE, NEWS
CENTER MAINE. LEE AND CINDY?
THANK YOU CHLOE, AND AS ZACH
4@
4@ SAID
4@ SAID THIS IS THE SAME SPOT OF AN ACCIDENT BACK IN 2015.4@
HERE'S FOOTAGE FROM THAT CRASH.
IT INVOLVED 70 VEHICLES AND
CLOSED A 30 MILE SECTION OF ROAD
FROM NEWPORT TO BANGOR. 4@
AND AS FOR THIS CRASH, WE'LL
4@
4@ KEEP
4@ KEEP YOU UPDATE ONLINE, ON OUR 4@MOBILE4@ APP, AND ON AIR WITH
LATEST INFO.
LATEST INFO.