Wrong way crash..Amarillo..4-12-18

10 seconds away from a wrong way crash.
Midnight,running west through Amarillo,one lane open heading west due to construction.
I see headlights coming toward me.
I slow down,uhaul truck takes out cones and stuff in the lane that was closed.
10 seconds more and he would have had nowhere to go.
He was doing highway speed as he passed me.
You'll be reading about it in the morning.

 

Exactly!
I would much rather be in the semi location rather than the uhaul truck but...he never slowed down.

 

My mother gets an award today.
73 and she still works as a nurse at a hospice center.
Today would be a bad day to die..like there is a good day?

Congrats Mom!

 

The only thing IIl have when I die.
Memories and regrets .

 

I don't see any crash reports from Amarillo.
I had just passed 4 or 5 trucks,and the barrels the dude hit were spun into the traveling lanes.
I don't see how he could have got turned around without someone witnessing the accident.
But God does have a soft spot in his heart for drunks.
Wonder if he got away?
Proud new owner of a uhaul truck!

 

Amarillo - UPDATE - Officials say that I-40 is back open and all lanes are open.

Amarillo police are on the scene of a five-vehicle wreck on I-40.

It happened around 12:35 this morning.

We're told a U-Haul was driving east on westbound I-40.

According to APD, the U-Haul hit the front of a semi-tractor trailer at Ross Street.

Officials say an ambulance then hit the back of the semi.

A small car being towed by the U-Haul was hit by the semi, which caught on fire. The fire was extinguished by Amarillo police.

APD says several cars were involved in a wreck related to this incident on westbound I-40 at Bell Street.

One APD unit was involved but was not hit by the U-Haul.

We're told the driver of the U-Haul is in custody.

Minor injuries have been reported.

Westbound I-40 is shut down from Ross Street to the downtown interchange.

All traffic is being diverted around the incident.

This investigation is ongoing. We will have more information as it becomes available.