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By JOHN OCONNOR Associated Press

DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) — 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 cloud’s

Citing danger caused by high winds, authorities have closed a stretch of Interstate 55 in Montgomery County where multiple crashes took place Monday, killing six and injuring dozens.

DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) - A windstorm in central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing numerous crashes that

Illinois State Police raised the death toll to seven later Tuesday.

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. More than 70 vehicles, including dozens of commercial vehicles and passenger cars, were involved in crashes late Monday morning…

7 Dead, Nearly 40 Injured in Tragic High winds spreading dust and dry soil from fields caused a wall of dust on Interstate 55 near Divernon, Illinois

DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) -- 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.

More than 70 vehicles, including dozens of commercial vehicles and passenger cars, were involved in crashes late Monday morning.

DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) -- An interstate highway in Illinois reopened Tuesday after a windstorm that kicked up clouds of blinding dust from farm fields and