US 70 reopened in Garner hours after crash brought down power poles and traffic lights
INVOLVED.
>> BREAKING NEWS FROM WRAL
COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> BREAKING AT 6 O'CLOCK PART
OF US. 70 STILL CLOSED ONLY
20 HOURS AFTER A CRASH AT THIS
INTERSECTION BROUGHT DOWN POWER
LINES AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M DEBRA
MORGAN. THIS IS CREATING A
SIGNIFICANT SLOWDOWN IN THE
GARNER AREA RIGHT AROUND TIMBER
DRIVE. AS YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE
AT OUR TRAFFIC MAP, YOU SEE
THE PURPLE THERE SHOWING THAT
THE ROAD IS STILL CLOSED.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT
BEGINNING WITH WRAL. SHAUN
GALLAGHER LIVE THERE. AND SEAN.
>> DOT CREWS ARE STILL TRYING
TO GET THAT ROAD BACK OPEN.
>> YEAH, DENVER IN THE LAST
15 TO 20 SECONDS YOU MIGHT BE
ABLE TO SEE HERE BEHIND ME.
TRAFFIC IS BACK OPEN AFTER 18
HOURS AFTER A CRASH RUIN THIS
INTERSECTION. IT IS TOTALLY
BACK OPEN. TAKE A LOOK HERE
BEHIND ME. TRAFFIC AS NORMAL
HERE ON HIGHWAY 70 AFTER THAT
CRASH EARLY THIS MORNING.
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. YOU CAN
SEE THE CREWS WITH THEIR
BLINKING YELLOW LIGHTS OVER
THERE, RAPPING EVERYTHING UP.
BUT IT HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY
LONG DAY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO THAT WE GOT AROUND NOON
TODAY. THAT WAS WHEN THE FIRST
TRAFFIC LIGHTS GOT LIFTED OFF
OF THE GROUND TO GO BACK INTO
THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN
RIGHT NOW. WE THOUGHT MAYBE A
COUPLE HOURS AFTER THAT THEY
WOULD REOPEN THIS ROADWAY, BUT
IT WAS SEVERAL HOURS. NOT UNTIL
RIGHT NOW AT 6 O'CLOCK THAT YOU
CAN SEE ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC
BACK OUT HERE LIVE IS ACTING AS
NORMAL IS EXACTLY WHAT IT
SHOULD LOOK LIKE HERE ON
HIGHWAY 70. THE FIRST TIME IT'S
LOOK LIKE THIS ALL DAY. THIS
IS THE SECOND BOUT OF RUSH HOUR
TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING THROUGH
HERE AND DOT HAD GIVEN A
PREDICTION OF 4 O'CLOCK.
THEY DIDN'T MEET THAT. SO WAS
PUSHED BACK TO 6.30, THAT THEY
BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE BACK
OPEN FOR ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW