I think Baltimore was lucky, this has the potential to be far worse than it was. Tankers of flammable liquid? They should be parked until the roads were safe again. Tow trucks don't explode. Tow them off the road if the drivers don't comply.
The trucks should not have been dispatched in the first place. The clean up would be not be as costly if it didn't happen at all.
Drivers of trucks and cars want to arrive alive.
2 Dead, Dozens Hurt In Icy, Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-95
Baltimore (WJZ) — A crash involving dozens of and a tractor-trailer (click here) shut down Interstate 95 in South Baltimore Saturday morning. Emergency Management calls this the worst accident in Baltimore’s recent history, considering the sheer number of people involved.
Maryland Department of Transportation says 67 vehicles and one tanker were involved in the crash near the exit for Washington Boulevard on I-95 North just before 5 a.m. Authorities say the tanker went off the bridge and fell down to the street below.
At least two people were killed and dozens were injured in the icy pileup–at least seven of those seriously.
Roads are now open, but cleanup is still far from over.
