CLARK COUNTY — Two people were seriously injured in a crash that shut down Interstate 70 in Clark County for hours on Thursday.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, the crash happened on westbound I-70 near State Route 4 shortly after 5 p.m.
An initial investigation revealed that a 2015 Volvo VNL tractor-trailer was going west on the interstate when it went off the right side of the road and hit a 2025 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer that had been parked on the right shoulder, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol on Friday.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, we obtained 911 calls on Friday from the crash. Callers described the scene to dispatchers.
“Behind me was a semi that, I swear to God, just blew up,” one caller said. “There’s debris all over the highway.”
Another caller described the back of the semi exploding.
“It literally sounded like a bomb went off,” that caller said.
The Volvo semi had been hauling motor oil. The semi lost part of its load during the crash, causing oil to spill onto the interstate.
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The driver of the Volvo semi, Harminder Singh, 45, of Washington, was flown from the scene to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries.
Medics took the driver of the Freightliner, Saida Usmonova, of California, to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries.
News Center 7 spent hours at the scene as crews worked to clean up the debris and oil.
Our crews also saw the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the scene. A spokesperson told News Center 7 about the amount of oil that spilled onto the road.
“About 100 gallons of that motor oil from the semi-truck, and then from the trailer itself spilled as well,” Max Moore, of the Ohio EPA, said.
No nearby bodies of water were impacted by the spill.
The left shoulder was opened to traffic just after 8:30 p.m. Crews were able to fully reopen the highway shortly before 1:30 a.m.
State troopers said the crash remains under investigation.
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