Wednesday, May 27, 2015

ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE IN COLUMBIA, SC: EXPLOSION, FIRES, MELTED CARS, ASPHALT, FENCES AFTER SERIES OF WRECKS INVOLVING AT LEAST TRUCKS/CARS ON INTERSTATE 26 IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA










MAY 27, 2015

COLUMBIA, SC (WACH)

Ten vehicles were involved in an accident Wednesday morning on I-26.
South Carolina Highway Patrol spokesperson David Jones said two of those vehicles were commercial and eight of them were passenger cars. There have been no reports of fatalities.

Interstate 26-East and 26-West were shut down near mile marker 106 for hours Wednesday morning. A couple lanes of 26-West were re-opened before 11am, but 26-East is not expected to re-open until after 2pm, due to repairs that are needed to be done to the highway.

7650 square yards of asphalt has been damaged or been exposed to fuel. 860 feet of barriers will need to be replaced and that 420 feet of chain linked fence has melted.

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All lanes have reopened on I-26, following an explosion that shut down most of the interstate for around 10 hours. 

Ten vehicles were involved in an accident Wednesday morning on I-26.

Lance Corporal David Jones of SCHP said two of those vehicles were commercial and eight of them were passenger cars. There have been no reports of fatalities.
Jones has also confirmed that the ten car accident started when a passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle crashed.

He further stated that it is unknown how the other vehicles crashed that an accident reconstruction team is still investigating.

Interstate 26-East and 26-West were shut down near mile marker 106 for hours Wednesday morning. A couple lanes of 26-West were re-opened before 11am, but 26-East is not expected to re-open until after 2pm, due to repairs that are needed to be done to the highway.

Detours were set up at Piney Grove Road (26-East) and at St. Andrews Roads (26-West), but many of the side roads, including Fernandina Road, Jemil Temple Road and St. Andrews, were all backed-up with traffic.

SCHP stated that they will take their time to investigate what happened.

The South Carolina DOT has stated that 860 feet of barriers will need to be replaced and that 420 feet of chain linked fence has melted.

Also, 7650 square yards of asphalt has been damaged or been exposed to fuel.
As of now, there are no reported fatalities but there have been some serious injuries and people were transported to local hospitals.
Source: http://www.wach.com