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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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6 Semis, 15 to 16 passenger vehicles involved. 8 ambulances and 3 fire departments on scene. No specific reports right now, but they just came on the air with a preliminary report.

It'* in Elko MN, kinda halfway between where Lakeville and the 'Kato boys live. I hope none of them are in this kind of mess....

Central MN is a mess right now. There are advantages to not having a job today....
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 11:55 AM
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pfft, you got nothin on our 100car pile up on saturday

http://www.wmur.com/news/10922541/detail.html#
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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Holy cow Aaron! Thats crazy
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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Well, no reporters on scene yet, but police reports have it up to 50 to 60 vehicles, 6 sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

One Trooper they talked to said close to 300 crashes already this morning. All this from just maybe 2 inches of snow. I'll still say Minnesota Drivers Licenses are water soluble...

The problem this morning id that we just finally hit 0* at 11 o'clock. Black ice everywhere
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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we had a 30 car pile up on thursday that closed the Canadas busyest highway (401)for 3 day!.
it was that bad becase one of the "cars" was a fully loaded tanker truck that exploded and burnt for hours
Twenty-three cars and seven tractor trailers were involved in the accident in the eastbound lanes, including a tractor trailer that was carrying fuel.

The rig exploded, burning more than 50,000 litres of gasoline and causing other vehicles to catch fire
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=TorontoHome
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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I live in bow nh and i never heard about that...man i'm slow
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Peterg22000
we had a 30 car pile up on thursday that closed the Canadas busyest highway (401)for 3 day!.
it was that bad becase one of the "cars" was a fully loaded tanker truck that exploded and burnt for hours
Twenty-three cars and seven tractor trailers were involved in the accident in the eastbound lanes, including a tractor trailer that was carrying fuel.

The rig exploded, burning more than 50,000 litres of gasoline and causing other vehicles to catch fire
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=TorontoHome
That chit was madness!!
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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There has been many pileups around here too.

It'* stupid we are still having class at the university. 20,000 more people driving on the ice rinks around here is a great idea.
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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All it takes is one
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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roads were fine today for me... i the the cruise on at 70 the whole way
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