we've got another 2022 winner update from 
minnesota and the story isn't just the  
sheer number of crashes but also the number of 
semi-truck crashes jackknives and semis rolling  
over let's take a closer look we'll get to some 
pretty wild semi activity in a moment but first  
take a look as one two cars and two separate 
incidents blast into these concrete walls the  
ladder comes in at a more shallow angle lowering 
the risk of injury thankfully in the second crash  
it looks like they ended up in pretty good shape 
then the semi in red is going to lose it big time  
but if you take a closer look you'll see this area 
is really pretty slick with a couple other cars  
off the road and now we've got a semi in the back 
that's coming in with no traction and look on the  
far left side of your screen even if you rewind 
it back there's a pedestrian over there who has  
to run out of the way we're only a minute into 
this video and this is our sixth crash on camera  
another semi hurdling into the median and take a 
closer look it got wrapped up in the median cables  
preventing it from blasting into those one or two 
oncoming passenger vehicles we've seen hundreds of  
crashes on camera and have yet to see those cables 
break this is crash number seven and eight before  
this finishes playing out we'll have a total of 
four vehicles involved the fourth cars number  
three and four goes all the way across they 
end up going all the way across the ditch and  
unfortunately that's our secondary collision crash 
number nine is on i-394 heading into minneapolis  
one of the higher known crash locations but some 
of that has to do with the volume of traffic  
next crash number 10 up in duluth a good example 
where following distance and maybe a little slower  
speed will prevent that chevy tahoe from that 
secondary collision this white pickup first went  
to the right over corrected into the left wall 
now they're going to go back across two lanes of  
traffic and force that passenger car off the road 
unfortunately crash number 12 is a little hard to  
see but notable for how much energy and speed they 
carry with them off-road and maybe they roll over  
end over end thankfully it looks like they're not 
seriously injured which kind of surprised me maybe  
a little lucky on this one i 35w near hennepin 
avenue this s-curve is a frequent location for  
crashes and semi-crashes this fedex double 
semi-trailer is going to go fed up and roll over  
we recently published exclusive dash cam video of 
a fedex truck partially falling off a bridge we  
recommend checking out that crash breakdown we 
promised you a video heavy on semi trucks this  
winter and this incident makes you wonder if they 
might have been distracted incident number 15 is  
a vehicle off-road but we wanted to boost your 
spirits with an example of a driver working hard  
to get back on the road and getting some generous 
help from the tow driver to get them pulled out  
a couple different angles on this but 
you can see the tow driver going along  
them in parallel and eventually winching 
them out once they got to a better spot  
number 16 tell me if this doesn't look familiar 
it's i-35w at hennepin avenue again night time  
and we've got cars blocking lanes of traffic 
on a freeway which is never a good sign crash  
number 17 bottom left corner a little hard to 
see but as near as we can tell the pickup ran  
into the semi that was in the right lane and from 
the looks of it a fair amount of front end damage  
then back to duluth home of a trading company and 
you've seen this spot before but i don't know what  
to tell you crash number 18 the sedan is going to 
go cross elena traffic run into that center wall  
but looks like no serious injuries they were able 
to get straightened out and then move on to the  
right shoulder they're driving just fine until 
they get some uneven traction and then there's  
the point of no recovery the snow is just going to 
pull them to the right and hit with a little more  
force than we'd like to see crash number 20 
there's no wall with this one but there is a  
little bit of a holding pond down there it's all 
frozen right now and maybe the potential for a  
little bit of a rollover it looks like thankfully 
slower speeds by the time they actually went over  
this is another location that we've covered before 
we've seen multi-vehicle crashes here before for  
sure and it's a great example of how just kind of 
gentle steering when you get in those situations  
so you don't over steer thankfully they just went 
gently into the ditch just need someone to pull  
them out this location we've got a special coming 
up on this one we definitely saw a pile up here we  
haven't even published it uh thankfully they did 
not take anyone else with them next we'll go to  
saint paul and what you're really seeing is with 
minneapolis and the twin cities being so far north  
we you know it'll be minus 10 in the morning 
that's 42 degrees below freezing so salt is  
completely ineffective at that point ice is going 
to build up just about anywhere so any freeway or  
major highway that has a curve in it is going to 
put you at risk and if you're keeping score at  
home that's crash number 25 this is crash number 
26 involving actually two vehicles and next is  
crash number 27. i think we'll zoom in on this 
one because you can see just how precarious it was  
as they almost went over that concrete barrier on 
the right side troopers out on that one and here's  
lowry hill tunnel one of the most crash-prone 
locations in the metro especially on our metro  
highways i-94 into lowry tunnel and you've seen 
something like this before the car is going to  
lose traction over correct into the concrete wall 
but what we really wanted to highlight is that the  
car following could have slowed their speeds 
or had a bigger following distance don't let  
one driver's mistake also be your mistake here's 
crash 30. it's one more car into the wall we got  
a close-up of it but not a great angle but 
that car looks like it's totaled out mn100  
northbound into 694 this car lost control they're 
going to take another car with it now we've got  
cars coming to a full stop on a curve on a 
bridge deck dangerous situation oh oh my gosh
it's got to be distracted driving right that's the 
only thing i could think of or a medical issue but  
i'm at a loss for words pickup truck they're 
going to lose control hit the car next to them  
they overcorrect they also manage to hit 
the sound barrier wall that's crash 33 i  
think this is crash 34 and it's hard to see but 
they are very close to going over that wall and  
brought a lot of speed into that one uh we've been 
here before one more car into the wall and great  
great driving i think yep great driving on these 
other vehicles to avoid a secondary collision  
whatever caused this one it happened off camera 
or you know stay in the game if you can and apply  
your brakes after a collision so you don't just 
continue to careen out of control that's top golf  
on your left this is highway 252 northbound in 
the north metro but highway 252 has highway speeds  
with stop lights and intersections and roads like 
these across the united states are especially  
dangerous mndot has plans for changes in 2026 or 
2027 i think just environmental review takes a  
couple of years i think that's required by law so 
they have to do it but there are always trade-offs  
and unfortunately eliana an eight-year-old 
was killed there just a few months ago  
but let's focus on the helpers this is mndot's 
first team they're highway helpers you have  
these in a lot of metro areas across the country 
but i think twinsies really has a fantastic team  
and the sign boards are amazing some of the best 
most visible sign boards and most adjustable you  
can get them to say just about anything and this 
one ended with a good story able to get this  
help get this pickup back on the road and here 
are minnesota state troopers getting this vehicle  
safely back on the road as well in the past year 
that we've been doing this we've seen these mndot  
cameras capture everything from wild police chases 
to now almost a thousand crashes on camera and  
they even caught a tornado on camera this spring 
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