SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CREATED DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SIOUX CITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
A SEMI TRAILER TRUCK FAILED TO MAKE A TURN TO GO UP GILMAN TERRACE AT WEST 19TH AND HAMILTON BOULEVARD IN THE NOON HOUR, BACKING UP TRAFFIC FOR AWHILE.
A FEW FENDER BENDERS WERE REPORTED IN THE METRO AREA WITH CARS SLIDING ON SLIPPERY STREETS.
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, SGT. TOM GILL OF SIOUX CITY POLICE SAYS A SEMI TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN NEAR HIGHWAY 75 AND SINGING HILLS BOULEVARD THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED AROUND 5:40AM:
SEMITRAIN1 OC………INTO THE DITCH. :26
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT INJURED:
SEMITRAIN2 OC…….PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. :22
NO TICKET WAS ISSUED AS THE DRIVER WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
A SEMI VERSUS VAN ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AROUND NOON ON HARBOR DRIVE.
NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THAT ACCIDENT.
SOUTH LEWIS BOULEVARD IN SIOUX CITY WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THURSDAY MORNING AFTER A TRAIN NEAR SINGING HILLS STRUCK ANOTHER SEMI.
SIOUX CITY POLICE SERGEANT MARK HUBERTY SAYS THE CRASH OCCURRED AT 5:42 THURSDAY MORNING.
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
