Dozens Injured In Huge Freeway Pileup In Wisconsin Snow

Emergency crews respond to a multi-vehicle accident in both the north and south lanes of Interstate 39/90 on Friday amid slippery, snowy conditions in Turtle, Wisconsin.

Emergency crews reply to a multi-vehicle accident in each the north and south lanes of Interstate 39/90 on Friday amid slippery, snowy situations in Turtle, Wisconsin.

Emergency crews reply to a multi-vehicle accident in each the north and south lanes of Interstate 39/90 on Friday amid slippery, snowy situations in Turtle, Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of individuals have been injured in a large site visitors pileup amid snowy situations in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities mentioned.

Beloit Memorial Hospital mentioned a minimum of 27 folks have been handled for accidents sustained within the crash, WIFR-TV reported. The extent of their accidents was not instantly clear, the station mentioned.

State Patrol officers mentioned snow, ice and whiteout situations have been components within the crash.

Most of southern Wisconsin remained beneath a winter climate advisory Friday afternoon with extra snow anticipated Saturday.

The crash occurred at round 12:30 p.m. in Rock County between Janesville and Beloit, the State Patrol mentioned in a press release posted on its Fb web page. Troopers arrived to seek out the interstate blocked in each instructions.

Troopers diverted site visitors onto facet roads. The southbound lanes reopened simply after 8 p.m., the State Patrol mentioned on Twitter late Friday.

WIFR-TV posted stay video of the scene simply earlier than 4 p.m. exhibiting semitrailers backed up as emergency staff assisted motorists.

As of 6 a.m. Friday, the Beloit space had seen 2.2 inches of snow during the last 24 hours, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service.

The State Patrol mentioned in a separate assertion that one other multi-vehicle crash round 1:30 p.m. Friday blocked northbound Interstate 41 in Kenosha County close to the Wisconsin-Illinois border. These lanes reopened by 7:35 p.m. Snow, ice and whiteout situations factored into that crash as nicely, in line with the State Patrol.

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