

A total of 72 cars crashed into each other, with drivers describing the burned and mangled metal as surreal. One victim was in a blue Chrysler 300 and another was driving a Hyundai, police said.Ĭrushed vehicles lined the expressway south of Springfield, closing a nearly 20-mile stretch of I-55. The remaining victims remained unidentified Thursday. One other person from Florissant, Missouri has been identified, but their name has not yet been released, police said. Illinois State Police previously identified another victim as 88-year-old Shirley Harper of Franklin, Wisconsin.

RELATED: Illinois dust storm pile-up crash on I-55 involving 72-vehicles leaves 7 dead, over 30 hurt after freezing rain and sleet fell overnight and into the morning, leaving roadways across North. A memorial for will be held for them Friday.Īt least 30 others were injured in the massive pileup Monday just south of Springfield. There are two more cases of locally acquired malaria in Sarasota County, according to the Florida Department of Health, bringing the total number of cases to six in the state. FORT WORTH, Texas ( NewsNation Now) Six people are dead and multiple people were trapped in vehicles after a pileup on a Texas freeway involving about 133 cars, officials said Thursday afternoon. The victims include Aaron Watson, 45, and Tiffany Gerred, 34, both of Fort Worth Christopher Vardy, 49, of Boyd, Texas Michael Wells, 47, of Justin, Texas and William Williams, 54, of. The pileup that involved a total of 133 vehicles, according to officials, happened around 6:30 a.m. The two victims were identified as Amy and Michael Zinchuk of Champaign. A total of seven people died in the massive crash. A pileup involving 100 vehicles has killed at least five people, injured dozens more and brought traffic on a slippery Texas interstate to a halt, officials said Thursday. (WLS) - Illinois State Police identified two more people killed in the dust storm pileup crash on I-55 Monday. At least six people were killed and several were injured in a massive pile up caused by icy weather conditions on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, Texas. Six people were killed and dozens were injured after a crash on I-35W near downtown Fort Worth on Thursday. Houston officials sued the state of Texas on Monday to stop a sweeping law aimed at gutting all kinds of local ordinances and sapping the power of the state’s bluer urban areas. A memorial for will be held for them Friday. 6 confirmed dead in major crash, pileup of vehicles on I-35W near downtown Fort Worth. Amy and Michael Zinchuk of Champaign are two victims who were killed in the crash Monday.
