The Odessa Police Department is currently on the scene of four separate 18-wheeler crashes on Interstate Highway 20, all of them between West Loop 338 and West Country Road. Officials would like motorists to avoid traveling on the highway.
Due to the slickness of the roads, if you have to travel on I-20, Highway 80 or Highway 191, OPD recommends you reduce your speed and maintain a safe distance to the vehicle in front that will allow enough time to stop your vehicle in case of an emergency. Drive with your headlights on and use extra caution when traveling on overpasses and underpasses. Allow plenty of time to travel to and from your destination.
Avoid using cruise control and ease off the gas pedal or brakes if you start to skid. Also, some of the intersections have no functioning lights so please remember to treat intersections with flashing lights the same as a four-way stop sign.
