Icy road conditions caused significant vehicle crashes and runoffs on Interstate 94 in west-central Wisconsin on Thursday, police said.
By around 10:40 a.m. ET, I-94 was closed in both directions for a roughly 25-mile stretch from the Oseeo area to the Black River Falls area"due to a multi-vehicle crash involving a number of semi-tractor trailers and passenger vehicles," the Wisconsin State Patrol said.Freezing rain"caused icy, hazardous road conditions this morning," WSP said.
Mike Olsen, who was driving on I-94 near Osseo as at least one of the crashes happened, told CNN of"super-icy road conditions," and that incidents"happened really fast." Olsen took video of the scene, showing tractor-trailers in a median and a large fire on the highway. Read MoreWeather radar indicated a wintry mix of precipitation there early Thursday. A nearby weather observation site also indicated freezing rain was happening, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said.
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