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Wrong-Way Crash On I-190 In Sterling Seriously Injures Driver

STERLING (CBS) – A wrong-way crash on Interstate 190 South in Sterling left a driver seriously injured. The crash that happened just after 6 a.m. closed the highway near Exit 6.

The fire department said the car hit several pieces of unoccupied construction equipment. It took first responders nearly a half hour to free the driver from the single-vehicle crash.

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The wrong-way crash on I-190. (Tina Gianos/Sterling Fire Department)

Several other cars passing by hit debris that resulted from the crash. Traffic was temporarily detoured before I-190 reopened by 8 a.m.

No one else was injured in the incident.

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