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Rolled over trucks cause problems on I-75

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FINDLAY, Ohio -

I-75 South was a parking lot for two hours Friday evening for more than ten miles south of Findlay.

Kathleen Hamburger of Toledo was one of those stuck in traffic.

"I've never been in a traffic jam this long before. We're not even moving. Everybody is outside standing around their cars. It's almost as if we don't have any hope.

Sgt. Christopher Kinn of Ohio Highway Patrol Findlay Post said, "We have a total of eight semis that have rolled over in Hancock County."

Ohio Highway Patrol says during the storm, three semi trucks rolled over on I-75. There are no reported injuries.

"All heavy winds. Most of the semis that have been rolled over are empty and it seems the winds just caught them and rolled them over," said Sgt. Kinn.

The accidents were spread out over a stretch of the highway with no exits for other drivers, so hundreds of cars simply waited for the tow trucks to clear the semis away.

 I-75 finally started moving again around  8:00 pm Friday night.

 

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