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Cause, but there was heavy rain in the area as severe weather moved through. martin savidge has the story but we must warn you, some may find this report disturbing. >> reporter: four of the victims who died in saturday's crash attended the high school here. federal investigators now are going to begin sifting through the scene trying to determine exactly what caused this. this tragedy is a horrific on a number of different levels, not just the number of lives lost, ten. also the fact that nine of the ten were children between the aims of 9 months and 17, and many of those children had already...

As you point out, this is horrific on a number of levels. number of lives lost, ten. number of children killed, nine. and the fact that many of those children had already, in their lives, suffered trauma and hardship. it all goes back to saturday afternoon, 2:30, i-65 northbound just south of montgomery, alabama, when you had this multiple car pileup. there are at least 17 vehicles involved, including two semi tractor trailer trucks. we know at least seven of the vehicles caught on fire. most of the victims died in the ranch van. there was one survivor, that is the ranch's director. she was ac...

Officials suspect severe weather from claudette may be to blame for a devastating and deadly multi-vehicle accident in alabama. nine children and one adult were killed when a van collided with another vehicle on saturday. ma martin savage has the story but some may find this disturbing. >> reporter: four of the victims atended the high school here. federal investigators now are going to begin seventy -- sifting through the scene to determine what caused it. this tragedy is horrific on a number of different levels. not just the number of lives lost here but also the fact that nine of the ten we...

Multi car crash that killed ten people in alabama over the weekend. nine of the people were kids. i want to go live to kathy park in alabama. this is devastating. what happened? >> reporter: hey, steph. it is devastating, heartbreaking quite frankly. officials are saying hydroplaning car likely set off the multi car crash that happened saturday afternoon, and claudette is blamed for downpours that created wet and treacherous conditions on the interstate, i-65. about an hour from where we are now in butler county. and officials are saying ten people were killed in the accident. nine of them chi...

Determine what exactly happened. 2:30 in the afternoon saturday is when this happened. it was i-65 northbound just south of montgomery, alabama. there was a tropical storm system. weather looked at as a main culprit. if you've seen the images, you've seen how horrific the aftermath is. that's a minor testament as to how bad it was to be caught up in it. 17 vehicles. seven of them caught on fire. two semis involved, and then most of the deaths in the van from this ranch. there was one survivor of the van, pulled out by passers by. the loss was talked about. >> we lost eight young people that ca...