Video of that crash is included in the report above. literally chipping away at the snow and ice to get that removed," Santiago said.įour years ago, WISC-TV reported, the driver of a small pickup died in a similar crash when he vehicle went over the edge of a ramp that had built-up snow. "The snow is hard as concrete, so a lot of our equipment is out there, basically chipping away. "The biggest risk with that is the melting and the freezing creates sort of a ramp, a natural ramp," said Milwaukee County's Director of Highways and Maintenance Eddie Santiago. Road crews operating plows and giant snow blowers try to prevent the buildup of snow on overpasses. Milwaukee news, weather, traffic and sports from FOX6, serving southeast Wisconsin. When Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies arrived, the pickup was sitting upright, the driver was conscious and breathing, and two motorists were rendering first aid. View the real time traffic map with travel times, traffic accident. 27 led to a 'long-term' closure of a lane on I-175 northbound. The piled-up snow basically defeated the purpose of the ramp's barrier wall. MILWAUKEE - A crash involving a Kohler generator truck Tuesday afternoon, Sept. The video shows that the pickup hit a snowbank on the right shoulder of the interchange flyover. A driver is lucky to be alive after his truck careened off an exit ramp bridge in the Zoo Interchange and plunged about 70 feet, landing in the lanes of Interstate 94. The accident happened Saturday on I-94 in West Allis, Wisconsin, but WISC-TV didn't obtain the Wisconsin Department of Transportation video until Monday. DETROIT Crews were on a crash scene after a semi-truck hit a bridge on Detroit’s west side. A driver in the Milwaukee area is lucky to be alive after his pickup skidded on a highway interchange, was launched over the edge on a ramp of built-up snow and ice, and landed on the interstate 70 feet below. Local 4 tries the Pilk And Cookies trend.
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