Call of the Year 1999

On January 3, 1999 at 8:15 a.m., the Glasgow Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Buena Vista Rescue Squad, Lexington Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Patient Transport, Stonewall Jackson Hospital Transport, Buena Vista Fire Department, Lexington Fire Department, Natural Bridge Fire Department, Pegasus Helicopter and Life-Guard 10 Helicopter responded to Interstate 81 at the mile marker 184 northbound lane for a massive multi-vehicle accident.

Due to the volume of news articles and media coverage, we cannot place the stories on one page. Click on the links below to see the individual articles.

 

Contributing Papers:

 

Newspaper articles detailing the accident

4 Die on I-81 Pileup

I-81 Wreck Claims 4 Lives

A Disaster You Can't Prepare For

Rescue On The Interstate

'It Was A Very Difficult Extrication' By Rescuers

Hospital ER Faces Major Challenge

Busy Morning in Central Dispatch

How it all Happened

'We're Not Heroes'

This Series of Stories Is Group Effort, Too

Lessons Learned

'Ground Zero'
Thinking Out Loud by Doug Chase

"For I-81 wreck survivor, pain and loss linger"

Photos from the Scene

Radio Traffic from the Accident
911 Radio Transmissions in ".wav" format