*Yesterday Todd drove home from a quick weekend here. On his way home he heard a loud boom, and looked back in his rear-view mirror and saw balls of fire, and smoke. This is the news story about what happened.
I am SOOOO thankful he was not 1 minute behind schedule--- that could have been HIM!! Ohh it gives me chills... If he wasn't going at that exact speed, or if I would have talked him into staying 2 more minutes- or if I would have given him ONE more hug during our good-bye...
In God's providence, Todd made it safely home!! God was watching over him! WOW!!!
DAVENPORT --- Two people died and at least one was injured in a fiery four-vehicle accident that shut down Interstate 80 from Interstate 74 to the Illinois border for more than three hours Monday night.Three of the vehicles burst into flames after the accident about 6:15 p.m. at Mile Marker 305, about one mile west of the Mississippi River near LeClaire. Ambulances, fire departments and hazardous materials crews were called to the scene. Billowing, black smoke could be seen from a distance.The names of the victims were not being released early today by the Iowa State Patrol, pending notification of relatives.The patrol said a semitrailer driven by Anthony L. Johnson, 34, of Arlington, Texas, struck a line of vehicles stopped on I-80 eastbound as they approached a bridge construction zone.The semitrailer struck the rear of a 1989 Chevrolet Corvette, pushing it into the south ditch. It then struck the rear of a 2003 Chevrolet van, pushing it into the rear of another semi, driven by Todd Iagulli, 39, of Westampton, N.J. The first semi ended up in the median.The names of the drivers of the car and van were not released.Gary Martin of Bradley, Ill., who witnessed the accident, said the eastbound lane of traffic was backed up because of construction on the I-80 bridge that narrows traffic to one lane each direction across the bridge. A Corvette and van were stopped behind a semitrailer, when a second semi failed to slow down and rear-ended the van, sending it into the back of the Corvette, he said. The van and the car went into the ditch and were engulfed in flames.The semi that rear-ended the van then sideswiped the other semi before going into the ditch and bursting into flames as well, Martin said.He said rescue workers still were trying to remove victims from the Corvette after 9 p.m. and had already removed one burn victim from the van. Another man and woman who were thrown from one of the vehicles were taken away by ambulance, he said.“The flames were pretty intense,” Martin said. “We couldn’t tell who was in the (vehicles). There was too much fire. There was nothing left of them.”Shortly before 9:30 p.m., emergency crews were pulling the last vehicle from the ditch and all of the fires had been extinguished, Martin said. The fire was so hot, it burned the paint off the van, which was being loaded onto a wrecker late Monday.The interstate reopened to traffic about 9:40 p.m.
I am SOOOO thankful he was not 1 minute behind schedule--- that could have been HIM!! Ohh it gives me chills... If he wasn't going at that exact speed, or if I would have talked him into staying 2 more minutes- or if I would have given him ONE more hug during our good-bye...
In God's providence, Todd made it safely home!! God was watching over him! WOW!!!
DAVENPORT --- Two people died and at least one was injured in a fiery four-vehicle accident that shut down Interstate 80 from Interstate 74 to the Illinois border for more than three hours Monday night.Three of the vehicles burst into flames after the accident about 6:15 p.m. at Mile Marker 305, about one mile west of the Mississippi River near LeClaire. Ambulances, fire departments and hazardous materials crews were called to the scene. Billowing, black smoke could be seen from a distance.The names of the victims were not being released early today by the Iowa State Patrol, pending notification of relatives.The patrol said a semitrailer driven by Anthony L. Johnson, 34, of Arlington, Texas, struck a line of vehicles stopped on I-80 eastbound as they approached a bridge construction zone.The semitrailer struck the rear of a 1989 Chevrolet Corvette, pushing it into the south ditch. It then struck the rear of a 2003 Chevrolet van, pushing it into the rear of another semi, driven by Todd Iagulli, 39, of Westampton, N.J. The first semi ended up in the median.The names of the drivers of the car and van were not released.Gary Martin of Bradley, Ill., who witnessed the accident, said the eastbound lane of traffic was backed up because of construction on the I-80 bridge that narrows traffic to one lane each direction across the bridge. A Corvette and van were stopped behind a semitrailer, when a second semi failed to slow down and rear-ended the van, sending it into the back of the Corvette, he said. The van and the car went into the ditch and were engulfed in flames.The semi that rear-ended the van then sideswiped the other semi before going into the ditch and bursting into flames as well, Martin said.He said rescue workers still were trying to remove victims from the Corvette after 9 p.m. and had already removed one burn victim from the van. Another man and woman who were thrown from one of the vehicles were taken away by ambulance, he said.“The flames were pretty intense,” Martin said. “We couldn’t tell who was in the (vehicles). There was too much fire. There was nothing left of them.”Shortly before 9:30 p.m., emergency crews were pulling the last vehicle from the ditch and all of the fires had been extinguished, Martin said. The fire was so hot, it burned the paint off the van, which was being loaded onto a wrecker late Monday.The interstate reopened to traffic about 9:40 p.m.
2 comments:
Wow, how sad for the victims and their families!! Thank God Todd is ok!!
It really reminds you how OUT of control you are of situations like that. Even as simple as driving on the interstate- you have NO control! wow, huh!!
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