Dust storm accident on I-55 in Illinois: Road reopens after 6 killed
The windstorm in Montgomery County blew blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing a pileup involving at least 72 vehicles.
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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 cloud's 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 didn't.
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.
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