MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ken. — The westbound lanes of Interstate 24 were shut down for several hours on Tuesday afternoon, November 11, because of a major crash involving a semi.
The McCracken County, Kentucky, Emergency Management agency posted on its Facebook page that Interstate 24 westbound heading into Illinois from Paducah was shut down after a semi carrying a large load of coiled wire was involved in a crash with a pickup truck hauling a camper.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri television station KFVS reported that a Houston, Texas, man was driving the tractor-trailer around 3:15 p.m. when traffic in front of him suddenly stopped because of the construction zone. The station cited the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office in its reporting.
The sheriff’s office said the driver attempted to stop the rig, but the sudden stop forced his load of large cable spools to shift and partially fall off the trailer.
Investigators report that when the spools fell, some of them unwound and caused even further cleanup issues.
No injuries were reported.
The westbound lanes were shut down for approximately five hours.
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There was a time when TMC did not hire just anybody, including myself .I went on to do 8 yrs of flatbed anyway w/o any incidents to this day. I called their safety dept. this year once to report a loose ld I noticed on the I state. Looks like they are in trouble ,big time ,with inexperienced driver . flat bed is not joke.