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A five-semi-truck pileup closed both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-90 on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Two drivers died at the scene and one suffered a broken back. A Frenchtown Rural firefighter was also injured when he slipped on the ice and fell 40 feet off the railroad crossing bridge 10 miles east of Superior. (Photo courtesy of Scott Dodd, Superior Volunteer Fire Department)

A five-semi-truck pileup closed both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-90 on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Two drivers died at the scene and one suffered a broken back. A Frenchtown Rural firefighter was also injured when he slipped on the ice and fell 40 feet off the railroad crossing bridge 10 miles east of Superior. (Photo courtesy of Scott Dodd, Superior Volunteer Fire Department)

December 26, 2018

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Five-truck crash on I-90 leaves two dead o Responding crews say crash was worst they had ever seen
December 26, 2018 1:21 p.m.

Five-truck crash on I-90 leaves two dead o Responding crews say crash was worst they had ever seen

Superior Fire Chief Steve Temple arrived at a predawn emergency call on Interstate 90 and saw one of the most horrific wrecks he had ever witnessed. At the bottom of an icy hill just west of the Quartz Creek Rest Area, five semi-trucks were knotted into a pile of twisted metal.