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The windstorm in Montgomery County blew blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing a pileup involving at least 72 vehicles.

Winds stirred up a wall of dust from farm fields that engulfed a stretch of busy interstate highway in a matter of minutes. The brown clouds intensity caked even the insides of vehicles in dirt. As darkness enveloped them, some cars and trucks hurtling down the road put on their brakes; others didnt.

An interstate highway in Illinois reopened Tuesday after a windstorm that kicked up clouds of blinding dust from farm fields and led to crashes that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, police said.

The crashes involved 40 to 60 cars and multiple tractor-trailers, two of which caught fire, Illinois State Police Major Ryan Starrick said.

Six people died after a windstorm in south-central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of dust off farm fields Monday, blinding drivers and causing numerous crashes on Interstate 55, police said.

A dust storm has created multiple fatalities on a US highway, involving up to 60 cars.

The crashes involved 40 to 60 cars and multiple tractor-trailers, two of which caught fire, Illinois State Police Major Ryan Starrick said.

A windstorm in south-central Illinois kicked up clouds of dust off farm fields Monday, blinding drivers, causing numerous crashes and killing at least six people on Interstate 55, police said.

The storm kicked up clouds of dust in south-central Illinois, causing numerous crashes.

The crashes involved 40 to 60 cars and multiple tractor-trailers, two of which caught fire, Illinois State Police Major Ryan Starrick said.