KEARNEY — Wet roads caused a semi-trailer to hydroplane and crashed into the median of Interstate 80 east of Kearney during the morning hours of Wednesday, Oct. 13.
At 10 a.m., the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department and CHI Health Good Samaritan EMS was dispatched to mile marker 275 on I-80 for the report of a semi-trailer accident that had come to rest in the median.
A line of showers was passing through the Kearney area, making roads wet at the time of the accident.
On scene, within view of the east Kearney I-80 interchange, a semi-trailer was laying in the median on its passenger side.
Nebraska State Patrol units responded to the scene, while others were slowing traffic down near the accident site.
According to Cody Thomas, Public Relations Director with the Nebraska State Patrol, the semi-trailer hydroplaned in the wet driving conditions and rolled into the median. There were no injuries.
Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle’s tires lose contact with the road due to a layer of water between the wheels and the road.
The semi-trailer blocked the left eastbound lane for nearly an hour before it was removed by tow truck.
