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High winds shove semi over, blocking eastbound I-80 in LeClaire, Iowa

Eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in LeClaire, Iowa were blocked because of a crash. The crash happened Wednesday evening, November 11, 2015 in the area of Exit ...

Eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in LeClaire, Iowa were blocked because of a crash.

The crash happened Wednesday evening, November 11, 2015 in the area of Exit 306 and the Mississippi River Bridge, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.

Traffic was detoured around the crash around 6:45 p.m.; it took drivers down Middle Road.  The blue line on the map below shows where the detour has been set up.

High winds shove semi over, blocking eastbound I-80 in LeClaire, Iowa

By around 7:45 p.m. the detour had been changed to direct drivers directly from I-80 onto I-74 to avoid the crash.

Police said that high winds pushed over a semi, which then fell on top of a car.

There were no serious injuries reported, police said.

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