[DiMarie]

Originally Posted by Mari

Dear Di,
Did you get rain or snow? Either way, that much at one time can be such a mess. Be safe.

M

What a day, we ended with a foot of snow. My grandson had a blast on the old barn hill sleigh riding, and making a snow fort. This really stinks for the kids trick or treating tomorrow night.

I got called out for work. Nearby Interstate 80 had a 37 truck and car pile up closing the roadway for 4 hrs. The trucking company that called our agency needed me on scene for photos, driver interview and transport for chemical testing.
The first tractor trailer jack knifed and the two tractor trailers our company covered could not avoid impact with the first one, and then a Jeep Cherokee that slide off the road, regained traction and sliding onto the roadway hitting the second tractor trailer in the trailer wheels.

I waited for the driver of our truck to be cut out of the tractor, the company waived chemical testing and requested that I assiste in getting the three people to a hotel they arranged near the exit. I felt bad for the driver of the one truck his fingers were cut all up and leg/hip so much pain. The other driver hung up truck driving. Said he was not fit, too much and we had to arrange for him to get a bus ticket home today.

The company I work for was very lucky that this incident was only a few miles from my home. With a foot of snow I normally could not get out, but lucked out with plow traveling the highway ahead of me. But the few mile trip ended up being a 4 hr ordeal. DH drove me, his work had cancelled as the place he provided weekend security closed due to weather. With being gone away the several days I needed the over time work and was fortunate it worked out the way it did. BUT, if the roads had not been decently cleaned and treated, I would never have left the house.

Today I have to get to the tow yard for vehicle photos and estimate for the damages. I have a senior adjuster that will work the numbers.