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More than 70 vehicles, including dozens of commercial vehicles and passenger cars, were involved in crashes late Monday morning along a 2-mile stretch of Interstate 55 in Montgomery County, 75 miles north of St. Louis.
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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.
DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) — A windstorm has kicked up clouds of dust in southern Illinois and caused numerous crashes on Interstate 55. At least six people have died. State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick says the crashes occurred late Monday morning. He says it involved 40 to 60 cars and multiple tractor-trailers. That includes two tractor-trailers that caught fire. He says more than 30 people were transported to hospitals with injuries. I-55 has been shut down in both directions. Starrick says that the windstorm was a spring version of a "whiteout situation" typically seen in winter snowstor...
Drivers are recalling the dust storm and fatal crash late Monday morning in Illinois that led to the deaths of at least six people and injuries to more than 30 more.