Lost tire sparks crashes on Interstate 90
LOREN BENOIT/Press An employee with Dave Smith towing hooks up a red Dodge truck after the truck lost a tire, prompting multiple vehicle rear-end collisions on westbound Interstate 90 near the Atlas Road overpass Thursday morning.
LOREN BENOIT/PressWestbound Interstate 90 is reduced to one lane after a multiple vehicle collision near the Atlas Road overpass Thursday morning. No injuries were reported.
LOREN BENOIT/PressAn Idaho State Trooper speaks to a driver involved in a multiple vehicle collision on Interstate 90 near the Atlas Road overpass Thursday morning. Westbound traffic was reduced to one lane for multiple hours. No injuries were reported.
Multiple vehicle crashes on Interstate 90 Thursday morning near Huetter tied up traffic and closed the entrance ramp from Northwest Boulevard onto the westbound lanes of the freeway.
According to preliminary reports from the scene, a truck lost a tire while traveling west near milepost 10. Other vehicles trying to go around it were involved in rear-end crashes. Five vehicles were involved and no injuries have been reported.