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VEHICLE 1 AND VEHICLE 2 WERE WESTBOUND ON THE RAMP FROM INTERSTATE 55 TO WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 270. VEHICLE 2 TRAVELED IN LANE 1, AND VEHICLE 1 TRAVELED IN LANE 3, OVERTAKING VEHICLE 2. LANE 3 WAS PARTIALLY COVERED BY A BERM OF HARDENED SNOW, AS VEHICLE 1 RAN OUT OF ROOM IN LANE 3, DRIVER 1 BEGAN TO CHANGE LANES INTO LANE 2 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE VEHICLE 2. VEHICLE 1 RAN OVER A SHEET OF ICE WITH ITS RIGHT TIRES AND BEGAN TO SKID. VEHICLE 1 TRAVELED INTO LANE 1 AND STRUCK THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE 2'S TOWED UNIT. VEHICLE 1 CONTINUED TO SKID, CROSSED LANE 2, AND STRUCK THE SNOW BERM IN LANE 3 WITH ITS FRONT RIGHT. VEHICLE 1 TRAVELED OVER THE SNOW BERM, OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, AND STRUCK THE METAL GUARDRAIL WITH ITS FRONT RIGHT SIDE AND OVERTURNED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE. ASSISTED BY CPL. N. W. STEVENS (575).
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