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| 1 person dead, dozens hurt after estimated 100-vehicle pileup, | |
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| Audi-Tek | 22 Nov 2012, 08:09 PM Post #1 |
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1 person dead, dozens hurt after estimated 100-vehicle pileup,![]() JEFFERSON COUNTY - by Scott Lawrence - One person is confirmed dead and dozens were hurt, several critically, after an estimated 100 vehicles collided in the fog at about 8 a.m. Thanksgiving Day on I-10 near Hamshire Road, according to information DPS Trooper Stephanie Davis provided to KFDM News. The DPS reopened I-10 West at about noon but I-10 East will remain closed another 8-10 hours. Acadian Ambulance spokeswoman Denise Richter tells KFDM News their crews have transported at least 51 patients to area hospitals. She said at least eight were critically hurt. Multiple ambulance crews responded and transported patients to area hospitals. Baptist Beaumont Hospital spokeswoman Mary Poole told KFDM News they've received at least 19 patients. One was in critical condition. They've transported a child and adult with head injuries to a Houston hospital. Chief Charles Sonnier of the Labelle-Fannett Volunteer Fire Department tells KFDM News the vehicles involved in the accidents include seven tractor trailers that collided on the eastbound side. Two are carrying hazardous materials but they aren't leaking, according to Chief Sonnier. He said firefighters had to use the jaws of life to cut people out of a car and pickup truck. Fog and marsh fires led to a 50 car pileup January 5 on Highway 73 near Taylors Bayou. Dozens of people were hurt in the chain reaction collisions but no one was killed. |
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| skibboy | 23 Nov 2012, 02:46 AM Post #2 |
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22 November 2012 Last updated at 20:45 GMT Two killed in 100-vehicle pile-up in US ![]() Aftermath of the 100-vehicle pile-up Two people have died and dozens were injured after a pile-up involving some 100 vehicles on a foggy motorway in the US state of Texas. More than 50 people were taken to hospital and at least eight were critically hurt, local media report. It happened at Interstate 10 near Beaumont, about 80 miles (130km) east of Houston, on Thanksgiving morning. Rescuers scrambled to pull survivors from miles of wreckage, which left mangled lorries on top of each other. 'Catastrophic' A man and woman died after their sports utility vehicle was crushed by a tractor trailer, reports KFDM-TV. Emergency services did not initially realise the scale of the carnage because of the dense fog. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Rod Carroll said: "It is catastrophic. I've got cars on top of cars." The motorway's eastbound lanes were expected to remain closed for most of Thursday. ![]() A family walks away from the pile-up on Interstate 10 in Texas source:
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