Roads turn dangerous, causing dozens of crashes in the Triangle

Snow and ice caused road conditions to deteriorate on Wednesday afternoon on highways throughout the Triangle, including Interstate 40.
Posted 2/19/2025, 9:17:17 PM Updated 2/20/2025, 1:58:07 PM

WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS. ALL RIGHT.

WE WE KNOW YOU'LL BE ON A THANK

YOU, BRIAN. ALL RIGHT. LET'S

SEND IT OUT TO CHELSEA DONOVAN.

NOW ON I-40 ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

CHELSEA, YOU WERE DESCRIBING

I-40 HAS AN ICY SLICK MESS.

>> HE'S STILL SEEING THAT.

>> LENA, LITERALLY JUST A

MINUTE AGO, WE NARROWLY GOT

HIT BY A VEHICLE THAT SPUN OUT

AND DROVE. SO WE'RE ON THE SIDE

OF I-40 HERE AT JONES SAUSAGE

ROAD, ED.

>> INTO THE GUARDRAIL. YOU CAN

SEE THE DEBRIS ON THE GROUND

AND THEN DROVE OFF. IT'S NOT AS

HEAVY AS SNOW AS IT WAS EARLIER

TODAY WHEN WE ARE COMING IN.

I I-40 WAS LIKE WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS.

>> IN TERMS OF THE ROADWAY,

BUT IT IS SO SLICK. IT'S BEEN A

MIX NOW OF SNOW AND FREEZING

RAIN AND PELLETS. BUT THIS JUST

GIVES YOU AN IDEA. THAT GUY'S

GOING WAY TOO FAST. HOW QUICKLY

IT CAN HAPPEN. LUCKILY, WE WERE

JUST FAR ENOUGH BACK. BUT

FOLKS, THIS IS SO DID WILSON

AND I'VE BEEN A JOURNALIST ED

WILSON AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE

CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW.

AND WE HAVE SEEN MORE THAN A

DOZEN CRASHES. WE ACTUALLY PART

HERE.

>> BECAUSE UP JUST ABOUT A HALF

A MILE WE SAW A CAR PULLED OVER

THAT HAD CRASHED.

>> INTO THE EMBANKMENT HERE.

AND IF YOU LOOK EVEN FARTHER

UP, ED.

>> TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF

I-40, YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE

POLICE CARS. THERE ARE POLICE

OUT EVERYWHERE RESPONDING TO

NOT ONLY JUST ONE CAR VEHICLE

ACCIDENTS, BUT MULTIPLE.

LET'S SHOW YOU ONE THAT WE RAN

INTO EARLIER TODAY. KERRY

HARRISON AVENUE.

>> YOU CAN SEE OF AND THERE

THAT RAN INTO A POWER TRUCK OUT

OF MISSOURI

>> I LUCKILY BOTH DRIVERS WERE

OK, BUT THIS WAS A MAJOR

ACCIDENT THAT ALSO HAPPENED

RIGHT BEFORE US. AND YOU CAN

SEE THAT THE THE GENTLEMAN

AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. SO THESE

FIRST RESPONDERS ARE JUST

WORKING DOING YEOMAN'S WORK

OUT HERE.

>> WORKING TO RESPOND TO ALL OF

THESE INCIDENTS. AS MANY AS

WE HAVE SEEN. IT CAME JUST SO

CLOSE TO US. IT IS JUST THERE'S

ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR FOLKS

TO BE OUT ON THE ROADWAY AS AS

QUICKLY AS THESE CONDITIONS

HAVE DETERIORATED.

>> AND ARE CONTINUING TO

DETERIORATE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU

POINT OUT IS FIRST RESPONDERS

HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THESE

CRASHES. SO IT DOES NOT MEAN

JUST BECAUSE HE'S BEEN OUT OR

YOU GET OUT OF CONTROL. YOUR ON

THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

>> THAT SOMEONE CAN GET TO YOU

IMMEDIATELY. THANKS TO CHELSEA

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