Around 40 to 60 cars and several lorries were involved in the pile-up. Police are yet to identify the exact number of fatalities.
Multiple fatalities have been reported and dozens of other people have been injured following major car crashes caused by a dust storm in southern Illinois, state police said.
The multi-vehicle pile-up took place on the I-55 road south of Springfield in central Illinois, police said. Major Ryan Starrick did not give an exact number of fatalities but said more than 30 people were injured and taken to hospital. The crash involved 40-60 cars and multiple lorries with trailers, and occurred just after 11am CT , according to Major Starrick."The cause of the crashes is due to excessive winds blowing dirt from farm fields across the highway, leading to zero visibility," he said during a press conference.
He said the I-55 would be closed in both directions until late morning or early afternoon on Tuesday.
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