article_snippet.sent: Traffic was heavy at that hour because an unrelated wreck about a mile ahead that forced motorists to slow, Nease said. '
article_snippet.sent: The crash halted some motorists for more than six hours as road crews and tow trucks cleared the wreckage.
article_snippet.sent: Even when traffic began moving again, troopers kept a 6-mile stretch of eastbound I-16 closed as troopers investigated.
article_snippet.sent: We did have heavy, heavy traffic.'
article_snippet.sent: US Department of Transportation safety records indicate that Total Transportation drivers have received 266 citations for driving violations and 600 maintenance violations over the past two years.
article_snippet.sent: During the same time period, company vehicles have been involved in 85 crashes leading to 27 injuries.
article_snippet.sent: Two mangled passenger vehicles rested Wednesday at the bottom of an embankment beside the interstate.