1 eastbound lane of I-20 Mississippi River bridge reopens after ice-related crash
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A row of 18-wheelers, right, sits idle in the west-bound lanes of Interstate 20 over the Mississippi River Bridge as emergency vehicles work to clear the scene of an early-morning accident involving an 18-wheeler transporting a hazardous material near Vicksburg, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. An undetermined amount of the chemical is believed to have leaked into the Mississippi River, officials said. U.S. Coast Guard officials said they were assessing the impact of the spill Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)
A row of 18-wheelers, right, sits idle in the west-bound lanes of Interstate 20 over the Mississippi River Bridge as emergency vehicles work to clear the scene of an early-morning accident involving an 18-wheeler transporting a hazardous material near Vicksburg, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. An undetermined amount of the chemical is believed to have leaked into the Mississippi River, officials said. U.S. Coast Guard officials said they were assessing the impact of the spill Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — At least one eastbound lane of the Mississippi River bridge on Interstate 20 at Vicksburg, Miss., has reopened.
Louisiana State Trooper Albert Paxton says the other lanes should be cleared for traffic soon as cleanup continues following a chain reaction crash early Wednesday.
An 18-wheeler skidded on the ice and crashed into a railing at about 4 a.m. At least four other tractor-trailer rigs followed.
Paxton says a tanker leaked a flammable liquid into the river, but it was not immediately clear how much. The leak was stopped about 12:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service says a winter weather advisory is in effect for the Columbus area until 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Across the state, bridges, trees and utility lines were covered with ice.
Vicksburg has been named by AAA Southern Traveler and AAA Midwest Traveler as one of the top 13 places to visit in 2013. Other destinations named include Christchurch, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Ireland, Mexico, Orlando, Panama, San Francisco, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Las Vegas.
This year brings lots of excitement to Vicksburg with Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration events. Events start in April with Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg and the Vicksburg Heritage Fair and continue until July 4, the anniversary of the Siege of Vicksburg’s surrender, the Delta Business Journal reported. […]
Authorities say the arrest of a Texas man in Mississippi is related to a shipment of more than 100,000 diet pills from China.
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director Marshall Fisher said in a news release the pills contain a substance banned in the United States. Fisher says the substance has been linked to heart attacks and strokes. […]
A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, on Sunday, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for eight miles in each direction, the Coast Guard said. A second barge was damaged.
Investigators did not know how much had spilled, but an oily sheen was reported as far as three miles downriver of Vicksburg after the 1:12 a.m. incident, said Lt. Ryan Gomez of the Coast Guard’s office in Memphis, Tenn. […]
