Police on Tuesday asked for the public’s help identifying two of six victims killed in a deadly 72-car pile-up on Interstate 55 in south central Illinois during a dust storm Monday.
Police could not release much on the victims, but did say one was believed to have been found in a blue Chrysler 300 and another was in a Hyundai Kia, though the color was not known.
The large crash occurred around 11 a.m. Monday near milepost 76 in Montgomery County. According to Illinois State Police, it initially happened in the northbound lanes of the highly trafficked interstate, but crashes then followed in the southbound lanes.from the scene show dozens of cars and semi-trucks piled up across the highway, with thick clouds of dust covering the road.
"Two or three weeks ago, we had a dust storm on Route 104 and it caused some accidents," Divernon Mayor Jim Copelin told NBC 5 Tuesday."But nothing of this magnitude. This is beyond unreal."
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