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CRASH OCCURED AS VEHICLE 1 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I-29 AND TOOK EXIT 48 AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE 1 LOST CONTROL AND BEGAN SKIDDING. VEHICLE 1 TRAVELLED OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, THEN RETURNED TO THE ROADWAY, STILL SKIDDING. VEHICLE 1 STRUCK A CONCRETE CURB AT THE INTERSECTION OF FREDERICK AVENUE AND BECAME AIRBORNE. UPON LANDING, VEHICLE 1 CONTINUED SKIDDING AND CROSSED BOTH THE WEST AND EASTBOUND LANES OF FREDERICK AVENUE. VEHICLE 1 STRUCK THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE 2, WHICH WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IN THE EASTBOUND LANE. VEHICLE 1 CONTINUED SKIDDING AND TRAVELLED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF FREDERICK AVENUE, BEFORE STRIKING ANOTHER CONCRETE CURB AND COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS FACING SOUTHWEST. VEHICLE 2 CAME TO REST PARTIALLY OFF THE ROADWAY FACING SOUTHEAST. ASSISTED BY TPR S.P. GOMEZ (136), ST JOSEPH POLICE DEPARTMENT, ST JOSEPH FIRE AND BUCHANAN COUNTY EMS.
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