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I-10 Westbound In Pensacola Closed By Wrecks Involving Around 20 Vehicles (With Photo Gallery)
July 16, 2022
I-10 westbound in Pensacola was closed Friday afternoon by multiple wrecks involving an estimated 20 or more vehicles.
Preliminary information indicated there were only two injuries, both of which were not life threatening.
I-10 westbound was backed up to past Davis Highway, and the interstate was later closed at I-110. Numerous motorists spent several hours stuck on I-10 before it reopened.
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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating and has not released further information.
Photos: Traffic cameras and ground-level photos show the aftermath of multiple crashes on I-10 Friday afternoon. Photos: FDOT and Donnie Dixon for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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22 Responses to “I-10 Westbound In Pensacola Closed By Wrecks Involving Around 20 Vehicles (With Photo Gallery)”
I had time to look in the rear view and see that semi truck coming for quite some time. I had no where to go and I watched him slam into me from behind. I have no idea how my family and I are still alive.
We were driving I10 East right after it happened. So grateful there were no life threatening injuries because it certainly looked like it could have been!
M. Engeseth Ummm ,they DID just recently redo the 29 exchange. We’ve been here for over 12 years (Milton) and went to HWY29 to go the Chinese restaurant weekly. They put in a substantial turn lane on 1-10, put two merge lanes and extended them and separated North and South exits. MUCH better than what it used to be.
I would like to publicly thank the great people at the Ensley firehouse/EMS (I hope I got the right) for the help, kindness and professionalism they showed me and my family when we really needed help. Anyone who lives in the area served by these professionals should be proud. The highway patrol and local police were great as well.
I was caught in the weather as well, I seen atleast 3 cars with no lights on during that heavy rain that may have played a part into that accident. Visibility was horrible and yes vehicles were speeding as well, all I could do was slow down and pray.
If you do the speed limit or anything close to it around Hwy 29 exits, people are flying past you or tailgating. Which lane you’re in doesn’t matter. The speed limit doesn’t change back to 70mph until you get around the curve a little further west. I’m glad the injuries were limited. My family member was heading home from working downtown and I caught them before they got on the interstate. Their car was being hit by small hail on Airport Blvd near Palafox just after this accident had happened.
It’s becoming I 95 like.
AND they want to put a diamond interchange at pine forest and I-10???? Folks can’t even drive on a straight lane without crashing into one another.
Yeah, put speed bumps on the Interstate!!
I imagine it was caused by someone driving with their emergency flashers on who decided to change lanes or slow down quickly but due to the flashing the person behind them had no idea what their intentions were.
If you are so scared that you need to turn your flashers on, get off the road and reconsider your role in society
Did you know that the FHP had more Troopers in NW Florida in 1992 than they do now?…. Well it is a fact that staffing of State Troopers has not kept up with the nearly doubling of Florida’s population. Actually the number of “road troopers” has actually declined. One of the major issues is pay and benefits when compared to other agencies. Another issue is working conditions. Being constantly short staffed results in low moral and increase in turnover. Many times there are no Troopers available to respond to high priority calls so the calls are “dumped” to other agencies or simply put on hold for “next available”.
I was about 2 miles from the accident site and stuck in traffic for over 3 hours. The primary cause of the accident was the incredibly heavy rain we experiencing and people driving too fast. As I finally drove past the scene after 3 hours, there were still 15+ cars waiting to be removed or towed away.
@Paul – Good One.
It was a Friday so I think it is only fair to blame it on a tourist.
The Hwy 29/I-10 interchange has always been dangerous. Too many people don’t know how to merge on a regular onramp, let alone an onramp that merges into an interstate fast lane. The westbound onramp for northbound Hwy 29 needs to be reconfigured to provide a longer merge lane or a dedicated lane (like they did for the eastbound entrance ramp for southbound Hwy 29 traffic). Maybe a few lawsuits by accident victims might get FDOT’s attention…
Sense and avoid.
bottom line is to many people moving to Florida traffic has become a nightmare . these younger kids who reside off cerny road have been tearing up the grass everywhere spinning their wheels with big tires. I just don’t get it ? as gas prices being as high as they are how can the average person afford to constantly keep rolling down the Hwy. I drive the speed limit as posted if I’m doing 45 mph down mobile Hwy they pass me like I’m sitting still. truth is we need more speed bumps like they placed on cerny road it don’t take but one time to hit that and you will slow down. it will tear your front end up. speed on?
the driving i see around here is comedic at times and just plain scary the rest of the time. the road rage is the worst. people are just so angry these days all the time.
Ditto Bill T. I was thinking the same thing. Mobile Alabama is really bad like in Pensacola. When it rains they drive like it is a racetrack.
Probably caused by one of the numerous Texas/Louisiana drivers who speed and tailgate through Pensacola. FHP needs to step up.
Bill T. You are spot on with everything you said!!!
They need a redlight there
It’s always something in the area with wrecks!!! A lot of this probably could have been avoided if people would (1) put that cell phone down and pay attention to the road (2) slow down especially when it’s raining most people around here can’t drive in sunny dry weather (3)be respectful of other drivers even if they don’t respect you because it’s the safest thing to do to save your butt!!!!