Wind turbine blade crashes into traffic on busy Northeast interstate
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One person is reported injured after a wind turbine blade broke loose from a truck and crashed into traffic on Interstate 70 in Maryland.

It happened early Monday morning in Washington County, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) confirmed to Fox News Digital.

“At approximately 5:30 a.m., a tractor trailer traveling westbound on I-70 was pulling a wind turbine blade that struck the guardrail causing the blade to go partially into the eastbound lanes,” a statement said. “The blade was then clipped by a tractor trailer traveling eastbound.”

The crash resulted in the closure of all westbound lanes of I-70 at I-81 and two lanes in the eastbound direction, the Maryland SHA said on X. 

Aerial wind turbine view in Maryland

Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm on Backbone Mountain next to the Mettiki Coal processing plant on Aug. 23, 2022, in Oakland, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla)

“Heavy tow crews were able to back the truck up after the guardrail was cut out and get the trailer back onto the westbound lanes.  The entire unit was then driven up to I-70 west of Md. Rt. 63 and parked on the wide shoulder,” SHA’s statement said. 

Maryland wind turbine closeup

The Roth Rock project in Oakland, Maryland, has 20 Nordex N90/2500 turbines and has been operating since 2011. ( Chip Somodevilla)

The one person taken to the hospital had non-life-threatening injuries, according to FOX 5 DC. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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