My wife and I drove from St. Louis to South Bend, IN yesterday. We saw literally dozens of 18 wheelers in ditches along the entire route. I have never seen anything like it. Trucks plowed into farmland; trucks on their side; jackknifed trucks. At one spot, we saw five 18 wheelers plowed into ditches within what seemed like 100 yards of each other.
We have had some weather over the last few weeks in the Midwest. I can understand a few cars and/or trucks, but this was unbelievable. We just kept seeing them over the entire 5-6 hour drive. Many had packages spilling out of the trailers. We saw at least one Amazon truck.
I am not sure why so many wiped out. My guess is a combination of wind and icy roads. Fortunately, we didn't see any car carriers ditched (maybe because of their weight?), but we did see one with hazards blinking on the side of the road.
It was eye opening. I imagine this makes an already tenuous time for logistics even more difficult. It made me appreciate how hard it must be to get a product from point A to point B in this big country.