Multi-vehicle accident causes severe traffic on Sanderson Road, Kanawha County WV
TrafficA multi-vehicle accident including a flipped car occurred on I-40, causing severe traffic congestion and backups on Sanderson Road near downtown Charleston. Traffic was stopped for hours with detour routes used, resulting in cars backed up in the neighborhood.
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You know, when we were testing out my antenna earlier, Roger, I was just going to go around the block, and I went down to University Avenue, and I found myself downtown.
00:07
But I'm telling you what, man, I've never seen such traffic in this area.
00:12
In my life, I don't know where these people are coming from.
00:16
They had a big wreck down on I-40, and I don't know there may be some detour traffic coming through here, but I've never seen them backed up on Sanderson Road.
00:27
I mean, there were cars backed up, 20-20-deep, you know, going through the neighborhood.
00:36
I'm going to see if I can rent billboard space out in front of my house because I bet 1,000 cars a day go by here.
00:44
Call me,
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go ahead.
00:48
Well, you're Roger W4PKX. I've made this to Tennessee.
00:53
Two and a half hours there, (name withheld). two and a half hours parked, not moving.
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Both directions are entering a doorknail.
01:02
They had access on both sides.
01:05
So single wings, access on both sides.
01:08
Yep, they were looking for other avenues for sure.
01:11
Guys, have a great night. Enjoyed listening to W.4B.K.
01:17
I heard talking about it on CB.
01:21
I was out in the car putting my antennas in, and I had the CB radio on. And I heard him talking about at least one of those wrecks was a three-car polyp, and one of them had flipped and had traffic backed up at a standstill. I didn't know there was both sides.
01:38
All it takes, I'll tell you, is one wreck, and then there'll be rubbernecks and everything else.
01:43
You know, instead of chasing... speeders, it looks like they would chase more of the tailgators.
01:49
Because I've seen them doing 65, 70,
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75, even 80 miles an hour, one or two cars spaced.
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And, you know, all it takes is one of them to hit the brakes and you've got a pilot.
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Sanderson Rd, West Virginia
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