I-85 in Granville County seeing delays from dozens of crashes
DRINK SOME HOT CHOCOLATE.
YEAH, WARM-UP. NBC.
>> GOOD ADVICE. WE HAVE OUR
TEAM OF REPORTERS TO DO NOT
HAVE THAT LUXURY. THEY ARE OUT
IN THE IN THE ELEMENTS FOR YOU
TRYING TO KEEP US UP TO DATE ON
EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING GOING
ON AND HOW THIS THIS WEATHER,
THIS STORM IS PROGRESSING.
ERIC MILLER JOINS US LIVE NOW
FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY WITH A
FAMILIAR SIGHT OF JUST TO
ERODE. THAT SEEMS VERY
DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW. ERIC.
>> AND AND I CAN TELL YOU, IT
HAS BEEN A DAY NOT JUST FOR
OUR GROUP IN JUST ABOUT
EVERYBODY ON THE ROADS OUT HERE
AND GRANVILLE COUNTIES,
ESPECIALLY THOSE STATE TROOPERS
TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS MATCH.
WE'RE ON 85 SOUTHBOUND JUST
PAST THE GRANVILLE REST AREA.
WE'RE COMING UP ON THE SCENE OF
A PRETTY SERIOUS CRASH
HAPPENED. WE'VE BEEN THE LAST
COUPLE OF HOURS. TROOPERS TELL
ME A TRACTOR TRAILER JACKKNIFED
IN THIS AREA THAT CAUSED A 5 TO
6 CAR CRASH THAT INVOLVED NOT
JUST THAT TRACTOR TRAILER, BUT
A FEDEX TRUCK. A FORD F ONE,
52 OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL.
AT LEAST THERE WERE NO MAJOR
INJURIES. THERE. TROOPERS TELL
ME THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL OF
WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SEEING TODAY.
DOZENS OF CRASHES IN THIS AREA
SINCE THE SNOW STARTED TO FALL.
AS WE'RE DRIVING UP A LITTLE
BIT FARTHER FORWARD HERE, YOU
MAY JUST BE ABLE TO SEE ON THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT
CHUNK OF THE GUARDRAIL THAT'S
BEEN TAKEN OUT BY ONE OF THE
CRASH IS HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE
THAT'S THE REASON THAT THERE'S
A LEFT LANE IS CLOSED HERE ON
85 SOUTHBOUND HERE IN THIS
AREA. THOSE FOR SELLING MOST
OF THE CRASH IS THAT THEY'VE
ENCOUNTERED HERE TODAY. THEY'VE
BEEN ON THE MILD SIDE.
THANKFULLY, THEY'VE BEEN THINGS
LIKE FENDER BENDERS. PEOPLE
SPINNING OUT LOSING CONTROL.
BUT AGAIN, THAT THIS IS JUST A
REMINDER OF HOW DANGEROUS THESE
CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT NOW.
YOU LOOK ON THE ROAD IN FRONT
OF THIS IS 85 SOUTHBOUND.
THIS IS ABOUT AS AS MAJOR ROAD
AS YOU CAN GET.
>> AND YET WE STILL HAVE THOSE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. WE STILL
HAVE THE ICE BUILD UP AS WELL.
DRIVING CONDITIONS OUT HERE.
DEFINITELY TREACHEROUS IN WITH
ALL OF THESE CRASHES THAT WE'RE
SEEING. NOT ONLY DO YOU WANT TO
SLOW DOWN. IF YOU WANT TO GET
FOLKS IN FRONT OF YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF EXTRA TIME, A LITTLE BIT
OF EXTRA SPACE THAT WILL HELP
AVOID THESE CHAIN-REACTION
CRASHES. THE TROOPER TO SEEING
THAT ARE CAUSING SUCH AN ISSUE.
>> FOR US, WE WERE STUCK IN
TRAFFIC FOR AN HOUR. NOT EVEN
MOVING ON. 85 SOUTHBOUND.
SO AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER TO
NOT BE OUT HERE. IF YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BE
THIS AFTERNOON AND RANDALL
COUNTY THERE TO LOOK AT OLD TO
MARRY WE LET YOU GO. JUST HOW
FAST ARE YOU GOING? I WAS
WONDERING THE SAME THING AND
WE'RE WE'RE GOING LESS THAN
20 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW AND
THAT THAT THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC
RIGHT NOW, I KNOW WE CAN.
>> YOU CAN BE A LITTLE HARD
TO TELL WITH THE GAS CANS
EXACTLY HOW FAST WE'RE GOING
TO GET THIS POINT. WE'RE GOING
20 MILES AN HOUR.
>> BUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME,
THAT SPEED WAS LITERALLY
NOTHING. WE WERE STOPPED SO
LONG THAT WHEN WE DID FINALLY
START MOVING, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE PATCHES OF CLEAR INTERSTATE
UNDERNEATH WHERE CARS AND
TRUCKS AND HITTING SOMETIMES
RUN OUR LIVES. SO AGAIN, THAT
THAT THINGS ARE THINGS ARE
MOVING HERE NOW ON 85
SOUTHBOUND PAST THAT GRANDAL
REST AREA THAT THEY'RE NOT