Six people dead, 37 injured after dust storm causes 72-car pileup on highway
- last year
A dust storm that caused a huge pileup on a highway in the USA has left six people dead.
The 72-car pileup in Illinois also left 37 injured.
The rare dust storm swept across a rural part of the state near Farmersville, bringing "zero visibility" to Interstate 55 on Monday.
The pileup was on both sections of the road on a two-mile stretch of the I55 but the six deaths occurred on the northbound highway.
The 72-car pileup in Illinois also left 37 injured.
The rare dust storm swept across a rural part of the state near Farmersville, bringing "zero visibility" to Interstate 55 on Monday.
The pileup was on both sections of the road on a two-mile stretch of the I55 but the six deaths occurred on the northbound highway.