UPDATE:
As of 9:59, the tractor/trailer wreck at Exit 196 has been cleared and lanes are reopened. However, the right lanes on I-10 west at MM 162 remain closed due to the car fire. Traffic is backed up to before Exit 166 (CR-270A/Chattahoochee) according to the Florida 511 website.
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As of 8:00 p.m. Thursday, westbound traffic is moving again from MM 162, following a car fire. The right lane of traffic is blocked, however. At MM 163, a disabled vehicle has the right shoulder blocked. At MM 193, traffic remains backed up to Exit 196 following a tractor/trailer wreck. The right lane remains blocked. Drivers are reminded to move over or slow down.
Original story:
A tire blowout appears to be the cause of a crash on I-10, which left a trucker seriously injured, and traffic severely backed up.
It happened shortly before four o'clock, according to a release from Florida Highway Patrol. The semi was traveling westbound on I-10 near the 193 exit in Gadsden County. Their right steer tire blew out. The driver lost control and went off the north shoulder. It hit an exit sign, then continued into the wood line and struck a tree.
FHP says bystanders helped the driver out of his cab. He was taken to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
Midway Fire and Police Departments, Mount Pleasant Fire Department, Gadsden County EMS, and the Tallahassee Fire Department all assisted FHP on the scene.
At 6:54 the right lane of westbound I-10 remained closed.
That isn't the only roadblock on westbound I-10, though.
A vehicle caught fire shortly before 6:20 near mile marker 162. It had all lanes closed as of 7:00 PM.
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