Black Ice Blamed for 8-Car Pileup on Route 4 Overpass
Four individuals were transported to area hospitals following the accident, which closed the Route 4 overpass for nearly two hours.
An eight-car crash closed Route 4 westbound for 1 1/2 hours Monday morning and sent four people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Police blamed weather conditions, specifically the thin coating of transparent ice, known as black ice, for the pileup, which occurred at 7:30 a.m. on the Route 4 overpass around where the highway splits into Route 208. A single westbound car lost control and skidded into the divider, setting off a chain reaction that ensnared a total of eight cars, Officer Michael Franco said. The pileup forced police to close the Route 4 overpass in both directions from Route 208 North to Virginia Drive until 9 a.m. The state Department of Transportation responded to the scene with additional …
Dr Ron
4:09 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
If that were a private road, the owner would pay for the damage and injuries. The state failed us all in not maintaining that road safely. Why was it not salted/sanded? more ›