Dying toll will increase to seven in Illinois 72 car pileup triggered by mud storm
Illinois State Police (ISP) have launched extra info on Monday’s lethal pileup crash on I-55.
In a Could 2 press launch, ISP mentioned that the variety of individuals killed within the pileup has elevated from six to seven.
“Initially, six people had been discovered deceased on the crash scene. Nonetheless, the severity of the crash masked the stays and what was beforehand believed to be the stays of 1 particular person was two,” ISP mentioned.
Officers are nonetheless working to determine the entire deceased.
The pileup occurred shortly earlier than 11 a.m. on Could 1 on each the northbound and southbound lanes of I-55 between mile publish 72 and 78 close to Farmersville in Montgomery County.
ISP says {that a} whole of 72 autos had been concerned.
A complete of 37 individuals had been hospitalized with accidents starting from minor to important.
ISP named the reason for the crash as “extreme winds blowing filth from farm fields throughout the freeway, resulting in zero visibility.”
On Tuesday, Could 2, ISP reopened I-55 within the morning, however briefly closed each instructions of the interstate once more because of one other mud storm inflicting poor visibility situations.
