A38 Tyburn Road crash latest update after man rushed to hospital with 'very serious injures'
The man was cut free from a car which had collided with a tree in A38 Tyburn Road shortly after 6am
16 WAPT'S TROY JOHNSON ISLIVE ON THE SCENE ?AN ABSOLUTELY HORRIFICFATAL CRASH ALONG I-20...THIS CRASH HAPPENED JUSTBEFORE 2 O'CLOCK THISAFTERNOON, AND IT LEAVESTRAFFIC SNARLED ABOUT 7HOURS LATER...AUTHORITIES SAY TWO 18WHEELERS AND 4 PASSENGERVEHICLES WERE INVOLVED INTHIS CRASH NEAR THE FLOWERSEXITTRAFFIC WAS ALREADY BACKEDUP BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUSCRASH ALONG I-20 AROUND 10THIS MORNING...OFFICIALS SAY 2 PEOPLE DIEDIN THIS CRASH, 3 PEOPLE WERETAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND 2PEOPLE RED SENDTREATMENT...HERE IS VIDEO OF THE SCENETHAT WAS SHARED BY A DRIVERFINALLY MAKING IT THROUGHTHE BACKUP...YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE 18WHEELERS INVOLVED IN THISWRECK COMPLETELYDESTROYED BYFIRE...THERE'S NOTHINGBUT THE TRUCK'S CHASSISREMAINING.HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND LARGETOW TRUCK ALSO ON THE SCENEWORKING TO REMOVE ONE OF THESEMI TRAILERS...FIRE, EMTS, AND HAZMATCREWS ALSO AT THE CRASHSITE...PEOPLE TRYING TO PASSTHROUGH THE JACKSON AREATODAY ARE STILL STUCK HOURSLATER.WE TALKED TO A WOMAN WHO ISMOVING TO TEXAS, AND HASBEEN STUCK IN THIS TRAFFICFOR HOURS...KEEP IN MIND...IT IS LIKELYTHAT SOME DRIVERS IN THISSEVERE BACKUP MAY NOT EVENBE AWARE THAT THERE WAS AFATAL ACCIDENT UP AHEAD.A LOT OF DRIVERS WERE TRYINGTO USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES,OPTING FOR THE FRONTAGEROADS OFF THEHIGHWAY...HERE INEDWARDS, CITY POLICE WEREWORKING TO AR
The man was cut free from a car which had collided with a tree in A38 Tyburn Road shortly after 6am
Follow our blog for the latest updates on this as we get them