On Tuesday, February 27th 2018 a semi-truck crashed Westbound on
I-90 near Cle Elum blocking the road. This accident caused all lanes of the
road to be blocked between Cle Elum and Ellensburg. The state troopers and
ambulances responded to the scene at about 5:45 a.m. They had received reports
of a semi-truck crashing just past the rest area east of Cle Elum. When they
arrived they found that the semi rig was crashed across the westbound lanes of
the freeway. Many sections of the guardrail had been destroyed by the semi,
they had been mangled by the force of the crash.
The driver of the semi-truck
had sustained some minor injuries and they had took him to the hospital. They
are not too sure about how this accident happened, but the circumstances
leading up to the crash are still under investigation. The state troopers said
that clearing the crash could take up to many hours, long backups had began to
form. State patrol also informed that it is working to clear traffic between
closure points. The state patrol advised that you avoid the area and to take a
detour, via U.S. Highway 97 to state Route 970. That is all of the currents
news about the semi-truck that has crashed on Westbound I-90 near Cle Elum but
there is an ongoing investigation about it.
I don't really have an idea as to
why the semi-truck crashed but it may have been because of the weather
conditions. In the pictures that were shown it appears to have snowed and that
could mean the road is icy. The cold weather can cause the roads to be icy so
he may have crashed because the weather. There could be many reasons as to why
the semi-truck has crashed but the weather could have made an impact on the
driving conditions.
-Kendel Guzman
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