The Press-Dispatch
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A-4 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 The Press-Dispatch A Jeep that slid into the ditch on Highway 57 just south of Petersburg was left until later. H Ice wreaks havoc Continued from page 2 nor abrasions. Bastin said he worked numerous slide-offs on I69 including a Cadillac and a mini-van that slid off I-69 down a large embankment. He said most of the accidents on I-69 were between the 42- and 46-mile makers. I-69 south of the Patoka River was dry. Many of the drivers headed north on I69 were driving the 70 mph speed limit on a dry road, and then when they hit the ice they didn't realize it until they slid out of control. Four people were injured in a Murray State University team bus at 11:30 a.m. carrying their track team to an indoor meet at Indiana University. According to state police, the bus driven by Jennifer Severns, 33, of Murray, Kentucky was northbound and lost control due to icy conditions. It went off the right side of I-69, hitting a ditch and embankment then overturning. It was carrying nine people. Four were taken by ambulance from the site to Memorial Hospital in Jasper, where they were treated for minor injuries. The four injured were identified as: Katie Forshey, 21; Tonia Pratt, 19; Abbie Oliver, 20; and T. J. Wirth, 23. All had Murray State addresses. Also on I-69, a semi-truck overturned, causing traffic to be diverted around the wreck for more than four hours. State Trooper Frank Coleman said Christopher A. Burrus of Murfreesboro,TN was driving a 2013 Penturtee Express Inc. truck northbound on I-69. Trooper Coleman said at the Petersburg ramp, Burris saw another semi that had slid off the roadway. He applied his brakes to get in the passing lane and lost con- trol. "It spun 180 degrees so he was northbound facing south, and still going north, backwards." The truck went off the road at the offramp and overturned on the driver's side. Burris was not injured. "We were fortunate the accident was right at the off ramp, because we were able to divert traffic to the ramp, over Highway 61 and back onto I-69." Other accidents on Friday morning that police filled out reports on were: 7:02 a.m. Erica L. Thomas, 33, of Petersburg attempted to turn south onto I-69 in her 2010 Toyota when David E. Ennis, 29, of Winslow couldn't get stopped and hit her in the back. Damage was listed at less than $500 on each vehicle. 7:10 a.m. Noble K. Spinks of 32, of Montgomery was driving his south on I-69 when Jeremy S. Kieffner, 39, of Newburgh was driving a Ford pickup pulling a trailer with two ATVs on it. Pike County Deputy Sheriff John Palmer said Kieffner lost control on the ice and went across the median into the southbound lane, where the ATVs came loose from his trailer. Spinks hit one of the ATVs. Damage was estimated at between $10,000 and $25,000. 8:58 a.m. Tyler I. Counsil, 29, of Washington was driving south on I-69 near Highway 61 and slowed for another accident in the area. John Jacobs, 35, of Brazil was driving a semi-truck behind Counsil and couldn't get stopped, hitting Counsil's 2006 Chrysler 300 in the back, according to Pike County Chief Deputy Sheriff Todd Meadors. No one was injured, but damage was estimated at between $10,000 and $25,000. William Mason looks over the damage and talks with his father on Friday morning after flipping his truck on Highway 57. NETedition Exclusive video Firemen and rescue personnel tend to a Murray State University team bus that crashed on I-69 in the ice. Four track team members were injured. Chris Hopf suffered a back injury early Friday morning when she lost control on the ice and slid off Highway 356 near Algiers and overturned. A semi-truck slid off the road into the ditch and overturned on I-69 just south of Highway 61. The driver from Tennessee was uninjured. A pickup truck driven by Jeremy Kieffner, of Newburgh, north on I-69 lost control and slid acorss the median into the southbound lane causing two ATVs he had on trailer to be thrown from the trailer. They landed in the south bound lane and Noble Spinks, of Montgomery, hit one of them. Sprinks' Ford is shown at right.