I-55 closed till Tuesday for ‘a number of fatality’ 60 to 80 automobile pileup amid mud storm

Officers say that I-55 close to Springfield, Illinois, will seemingly stay closed into Tuesday after an enormous pileup crash that left dozens injured and several other killed.

The crash occurred shortly earlier than 11 a.m. on Could 1 on I-55 south of Springfield, Illinois.

Illinois State Police mentioned a crash occurred on northbound I-55 at mile marker 76 at 10:55 a.m. On the similar time, there have been “quite a few crashes” on southbound I55 at mile marker 76.

Present estimates from ISP point out that 40 to 60 automobiles and 20 tractor trailers had been concerned in a pileup.

ISP mentioned that two tractor trailers caught fireplace on account of the pileup crash.

Troopers mentioned that greater than thirty folks have been transported to hospitals for remedy.

ISP stories that there are a number of fatalities.

I-55 is closed in each instructions between mile markers 52 — 80 and is predicted to stay closed till Tuesday. The Illinois Division of Transportation says that I-55 visitors is being detoured by way of Illinois 104 and Illinois 48 by way of Taylorville.

Twenty-mile lengthy visitors backups have been reported within the space.

ISP named the reason for the crash as “extreme winds blowing filth from farm fields throughout the freeway, resulting in zero visibility.”

The video beneath was captured by truck driver Nathan Cormier.