Three Semi Crash On I-64 Injures 2

ISP TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT

 

WHAT:                      Three Unit Personal Injury Traffic Crash                                                     

WHERE:                   Interstate 64 eastbound at Milepost 123.5, White County

WHEN:                      Feb. 9, 2021 at approximately 2:15 a.m.                               

VEHICLE:                Unit 1- 2019 White Freightliner Truck Tractor Trailer Combination

                                    Unit 2- 2003 Red Freightliner Truck Tractor Trailer Combination

                                    Unit 3- 2014 Whitle Kenworth Truck Tractor Trailer Combination

DRIVER:                   Unit 1- Liu Weiqi, 28-year-old male of Los Angeles, CA (Transported to a local area hospital with injuries)

                                    Unit 2- Osvaldo Aamarales-Bayola, 45-year-old male of Louisville, KY

                                    Unit 3- Adam Durrence, 45-year-old male of Metter, GA (Transported to a local area hospital with injuries)

PASSENGER:           Unit 1- Bin Jiang, 42-year-old male of Monterey Park, CA

PRELIMINARY:      Preliminary investigation indicates the following occurred:  Units 1,2,3 were traveling eastbound on Interstate 64 near mile post 123.5. Unit 1’s semi-trailer began to fish-tail and jack knifed. Unit 1 overturned, blocking both eastbound lanes. Unit 2 struck unit 1’s semi-trailer. Unit 3 was unable to stop due to the road conditions and traveled off the roadway to the north into the median. Unit 3 struck Unit 1 before coming to final rest in the median.

CHARGES:               Unit 1 Driver was issued a citation for Driving too Fast for Conditions.