‘Chaos’: Multi-car pileup shuts down I-80 for hours near Council Bluffs

A massive pileup involving at least 20 vehicles shut down Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs for several hours Thursday evening but resulted in only two injuries, which Council Bluffs Police say were not life-threatening.

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Witness escapes 20-car I-80 pileup: ‘Semi barreling towards me’

The chain-reaction crash began with two semi-trucks near the Highway 6 exit a little after 4 p.m on Thursday, causing several secondary collisions.

Ayden Long was leaving work at Iowa Western Community College when he witnessed what he called “chaos.”…

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