The following is a timeline of our coverage of scanner traffic during the tragic winter storm last night.
9:00 am mst
Troopers are currently cleaning up multiple vehicles on I-80. Multiple tow companies are out with them. Overturned FedEx truck has punctured feul tank. Multiple vehicles in the ditch and median along I-80 from last night’s storm.
8:00 am mst
** Most Roads are OPEN but Use Caution **
UPDATE : NSP repeated that I-80 is SLICK.
Big thank you to all personnel who worked I-80 last night and those working to clear all the accident scenes today. This morning, the roads are much better, but you will see multiple cars and semis, some destroyed, in the ditch and the median. Drive safe please!
1:32 am mst
** Rollover I-80 **
UPDATE : They are working on getting this one out right now. 8am mst
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I-80 mm 67, SUV (Toyota) in the South ditch
BREAKING
Scanner traffic indicated that NSP is hoping that Nebraska Department of Transportation will shut down I-80 between Wyoming and Big Springs. Stand by. Please continue to pray for our first responders, including tow truck drivers, dispatchers, troopers, accident victims, and families. Alot of people affected by this storm tonight.
We are getting concerned about our troopers safety as they work so many accidents in this weather. We are thinking it might be wise to close the highway. Maybe that’s not possible, but it sure seems logical with so many accidents everywhere. We can hear the traffic buzzing past our troopers.
11:32 pm mst
*** Update : Multiple semis in the median.
Also, a passenger car. MOVE OVER AND SLOW DOWN. NSP is out there dangerously close to traffic. I-80 extremely slick from mm 69 onward East. Total mess. Pray for everyone.
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Multiple Semis blocking traffic at mm 72.
State Trooper en route to see what’s going on. Request to Nebraska Department of Transportation to get some sand trucks out.
10:49 pm mst
10:46 pm mst
** Jack-Knifed Semi **
Update – report now that vehicle flipped and driver does have injuries to be checked out.
Update : Driver taken to Sidney Regional.
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I-80 Eastbound mm 74. No injuries. Roads are very slick, and NSP is reporting Heavy Dense Fog as well. Please be safe and always slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. Do not hit your brakes. Take off your cruise control. Please pray everyone makes it home tonight.
10:32 pm
*** Multiple MVA’s ***
Scanner traffic is indicating that two different accidents are being worked by the Nebraska State Patrol simultaneously on I-80. One slideoff and a 10-46 (accident with injury). Semi jack-knifed in the median and a pullout. Roads are slick. Please stay off the roads if possible. The overturned semi in the ditch at mm 8 will be retrieved tomorrow due to weather.
10:12 pm mst
I-80 Westbound lanes are now open again, behind the Nebraska Department of Transportation Snowplans after the fatal accident claimed two lives. I-80 Eastbound was already opened back up. Please drive carefully.
7:06 pm mst
** MAJOR FATALITY ACCIDENT **
Scanner traffic has been indicating a pileup on I-80 just inside Nebraska in Kimball County.
Here is an update from Kimball County Sheriff’s Office
UPDATE: I80 westbound and eastbound closed from Pine Bluffs to Kimball due to multiple accidents including a double fatality. (Nobody local). Currently on scene is Kimball County Sheriff’s Office, Bushnell Fire Department, Kimball Fire Department, Kimball EMS, Nebraska Road Department, Nebraska State Patrol, Kimball Police Department, as well as Wyoming Law Enforcement and Emergency Services.
UPDATE: I80 westbound is closed at Kimball.
Multiple accidents on I80 west of Kimball. Keep clear of that area if possible.
Please stay safe and Buckle Up!
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