This morning a weather event came through the area dropping freezing rain, which caused icy roadway conditions along the I-94 corridor from Menomonie to Black River Falls.
As a result, emergency services responded to multiple crashes, run-offs and jack-knifed semi units Around 5:45am on I-94 at mile marker 96 the State Patrol and several emergency agencies responded to a multiple vehicle crash. Upon arrival a semi unit was in the median on fire with two passenger vehicles underneath. Several secondary crashes and run-offs occurred in the general vicinity. Passengers of these vehicles were being transported by bus to an alternate safe location.
As cleanup stretched into the afternoon and evening as many were rerouted and crews were on scene working to reopen the roadways safely.
