Pictures published from the scene of the accident showed the firefighters in the midst of dust, fog and smoke emanating from the burning cars, which went off the road in conditions of visibility, sometimes almost non-existent.
At least six people were killed Monday in collisions between about 100 cars on a highway in the US state of Illinois after a dust storm reduced visibility, police said.
And Illinois State Police said in a statement that about 40 to 60 passenger cars, in addition to 30 commercial vehicles, were involved in traffic accidents in the state located in the American Midwest “due to strong winds that blew dust from agricultural fields across the highway.”
The statement added that the fire broke out in two pickup trucks in traffic accidents that occurred in the late morning along more than three kilometers of Interstate 55, which connects the cities of Chicago and St. Louis.
Police said more than 30 people were taken to hospital with “minor to life-threatening” injuries. The ages of the victims ranged from two to 80 years old.
Pictures published from the scene of the accident showed the firefighters in the midst of dust, fog and smoke emanating from the burning cars, which left the road in conditions of visibility, sometimes almost non-existent.
Eight people were killed in a similar accident in Utah in 2021 when a sandstorm caused a series of collisions between 22 cars.
