Freezing Rain Turns Interstate 94 Into A Skating Rink, West Fargo, ND

A perfect combination of freezing precipitation, winds gusting to 30, and temperature, led to a narrow strip of ice and black ice on Interstate 94 a few miles west of West Fargo, North Dakota. Traffic was moving close to Interstate speeds of 75 mph when it encountered this portion of highway. Video includes a semi losing control and jackknifing into the ditch, a few near misses, and a tipped semi blocking both eastbound lanes of I-94.
Shot Description
00:00 - A semi loses control and jackknifes into the ditch
00:17 - Tow recovery of a semi blocking both lanes of I-94, the road was closed and detoured along the frontage road seen in the background of multiple clips
00:33 - A red pickup dodges slowing traffic by entering the ditch, splitting between traffic and an already spun out vehicle
00:45 - North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) checking on a driver that spun out
00:56 - A vehicle somehow splits between the traffic lane and the NDHP vehicle just off the shoulder, Highway Patrolmen had back to occurrence. Very close call
01:19 - Semi tipped over with emergency personnel on site
01:34 - Black pickup regaining control after spin out
SID: Jason Bednar
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[@joelpritchard451]

Yes yes please lord be with me all who are in this crash

[@randytracy1742]

Whoa! Be careful driving on the highway!! 🛣️ 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@RRBDDrivingSchool]

Hi there, is it ok if I use this clip "Freezing Rain Turns Interstate 94 nto A Skating Rink, West Fargo, ND." on my channel? with credit (name on screen). Can you explain what happened ?update?

[@doug3819]

Road conditions are bad but at times this is caused by driving too fast for conditions. I was a commercial driver for 10 years during the 1980s. I seen this many times.

[@jimsmisadventuresinbeekeeping]

@doug3819 Honestly, it is always caused by driving too fast for conditions, up to and including failing to leave enough room to (hopefully) stop before becoming involved in a accident ahead of you. I reired in 2016 after 24 years driving OTR and not once was I involved in an accident on icy roads. Slowing down, leaving proper distance between myself and the person ahead of me played a big role, as well as shutting down if I thought road and weather conditions warranted it. Nowadays they all seem to want to be Billy Big Riggers, when in fact the industry is loaded with nothing but steering wheel holders.

[@Jeff-kj3mk]

Professional truck driving at its finest😂

[@DavidReese2ndA]

When a Day really Is the worst doing your job... Driving for a living... Good Luck! Happy New year!

[@jacquelinebaxter6420]

Man dangerous roads be care and safe

[@SevereWeatherCenter]

This is horrible. I really hope those truckers are OK.

[@darlenekuhn7626]

THANKS! SHARED THIS OUT.

[@LITTLE1994]

Be careful out there, people.

[@JasonShipley1979]

I’ve been in this situation numerous times before. When freezing rain turns to ice it makes for treacherous and dangerous driving which I usually stay put at home in this situation

[@boomergirlable]

Prayers to all

[@oldbroad7672]

And even with all the cars & trucks off the side of the road, drivers are still just zippity do-daahing along at speed 🤷‍♀️

[@AMPProductionsVideo]

Wow, hope everyone is ok

[@pkmcnett5649]

Wow! Heart attack ride!

[@anthonysacco5010]

This stretch of the highway is always like this... i slow roll through there the moment the roads look glassey

[@chica3976]

WOW!

[@Loyal68]

I feel like something was not normal at 58 seconds.

[@northerngrace6108]

when was this?

[@StormChasingVideo]

today

[@northerngrace6108]

@@StormChasingVideo Wow, thank you!

[@leelaural]

be sure to slow down for conditions, and slow down if you see traffic disruption ahead, and please move over or slow down if you are passing an accident, or police car...

[@HamburgerAmy]

folks out there doing 70 like their brakes still work on that skating rink

[@halfbee123]

2 words...SLOW DOWN!

[@wildflowerwind6941]

OMG. Slow down people. Why the hurry? Nightmare.

[@stefanpuffer]

Nobody but EV drivers to blame for ice on the road.

[@Joe-kz2ol]

Road are not dangerous just drivers!!

[@billw1266]

Can’t understand why people are slowing down. I don’t see anything except vehicles in the ditch so I’ll just keep going at speed. After all, ND folks know how to drive on black ice.

[@galewinds7696]

Why can't the road department put salt down?

[@StormChasingVideo]

It was not expected

[@markiefufu]

It happens almost every year, though usually a lot earlier. This being a warmer year so far there hasn't been much, if any, snow and ice in the upper Midwest this season. So there isn't really any residual salt or chemicals on the roadways. And as was explained above, this storm wasn't expected, so the roads weren't pretreated.

[@jrloopy1984]

North Dakota doesn't use much salt. At least rural where I live.

[@FanaticalPurifier]

Drive better! :D

[@sp4604]

more flip flop no english speaking truckers on the roads

[@user-yg6dk9eh8g]

speed it up anyway