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At 6:45 this morning a bad car accident occurred on interstate 790. Two tractor-trailers collided causing a chain reaction car crash. Although an investigation is still underway, Sgt. Albert Wei stated that four tractor-trailers were involved along with 14 cars. One of the four trailers was a tanker carrying diesel fuel. Wei said that it was lucky the tanker did not flip, spill fuel, and cause a fire. According to Fire Chief Tony Sulluvan, 2 drivers were killed and 20 others were injured. Four of the 20 people were critically injured. Life Flight had to fly two of those critically injured to the trauma center at Memorial hospital that was 50 miles away from the scene. Tony Sulluvan described the scene as a " War Zone" when he arrived at the accident. He said there were wailing sirens from fire trucks and ambulances, seriously injured people, and emergency workers running frantic trying to help as many people as they could. Last heard the interstate was still closed down at 10 a.m. and Wei did not know when it be re-opened. Traffic was sent to interstate 690 where it was backed up for three hours.