BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Two people died and dozens were hurt Thursday when at least 100 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the miles of wreckage.
The collision occurred in extremely foggy conditions at about 8 a.m. Thanksgiving Day on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city about 80 miles east of Houston.
Officials at Acadian Ambulance service told KFDM-TV that at least 51 people have been taken to area hospitals and at least eight are critically hurt.
It wasn't immediately clear how the pileup began, but Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Rod Carroll said the fog was so thick that deputies didn't immediately realize they were dealing with multiple accidents.
"It is catastrophic," Carroll said. "I've got cars on top of cars."
I-10's eastbound lanes were expected to remain closed for most of Thursday.
Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Stephanie Davis told KFDM that two people in an SUV died after the crash. She said at least 100 cars and trucks were involved in the accident.
Carroll said uninjured drivers tried to help as authorities sorted through the wreckage.
"It's just people helping people," Carroll said. "The foremost thing in this holiday season is how other travelers were helping us when we were overwhelmed, sitting and holding, putting pressure on people that were injured."
Thank you for not blowing up my news feed on facebook with a billion pictures of your son like every other parent I have friended =l
yeah he's been breastfed his whole life.
I have pictures of him but I don't feel the need to post a ton of pictures everyday. A couple a week is good
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Haha.. we have a couple boxes of diapers already but we are thinking he is going to grow out of the NB pretty quick considering the size of kids on both sides of our family.
It's pretty awesome though. every time I turn around friends or family are giving us pretty much brand new hand me down clothes. We went to dinner at a friends house a few days ago and they sent us home with a HUGE box pull of 9 month and up clothes. We should be set for the first couple years I think
Yeah we had been getting clothes and diapers every paycheck since we found out she was pregnant. We just didn't think he would be so small for so long.
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I will warn you all now... I might be this guy
I'm sure people think I post a lot of pics of my pups, wait till I have a little one LOL.
Listening to the radio, the host talks about everyone who has a song called fcuk you, then the song fcuk you plays. EASILY 40-50 fcuk yous, while this lady was in here....
Listening to the radio, the host talks about everyone who has a song called fcuk you, then the song fcuk you plays. EASILY 40-50 fcuk yous, while this lady was in here....
Maybe she's a dirty French Canadian and didn't understand what they were saying.
... Lady comes in..
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