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State Police say at least six people are dead after several vehicles collided on a southwestern New Mexico interstate during a dust storm.
The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. MDT Thursday in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Hidalgo County, several miles from the Arizona border.
Police said their "initial investigation has revealed that due to a severe dust storm, several vehicles, both passenger vehicles and Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV), were involved."
The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 near Warrenton on Wednesday.
Police say 25-year-old James Lutjen was driving westbound on I-70 near the Warrenton exit around 3 p.m. when his tractor trailer overturned into the median.
Authorities say Lutjen was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
All lanes of westbound I-70 were closed at one point until crews cleared the scene.
A head-on collision in eastern Missouri has left three people dead and a driver hospitalized.
The crash happened at 6:30 a.m. Friday on Missouri 185 near the Washington County town of Sullivan.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says a northbound pickup truck was passing another vehicle on a hill and collided with a southbound passenger car.
Authorities identified those killed as the driver of the car, 25-year-old Casey Edwards, and two passengers, 28-year-old Valerie Lewis and 56-year-old Shari Ryerson. All were residents of Sullivan.
Two tractor trailers and car collide on snowy I-70 causing delays and back-ups in St. Charles County
All lanes of Interstate 70 near Foristell are closed following a weather-related accident Tuesday afternoon.
Missouri State Highway Patrol is handling an accident on the westbound lanes of I-70 and Highway T involving two tractor trailers and a passenger vehicle shortly before 2 p.m.
The interstate was shut down as crews worked to clear the scene.
Authorities were still unsure of there were injuries involved in this accident
A woman is under arrest after a hit and run accident that killed two Bard College students Friday night in the Dutchess County village of Tivoli. It happened at about 11:50 p.m. in the area of Route 9G and Broadway. Investigators say the students were among three people hit while they were walking northbound on 9G. The victims have been identified as 20-year old Evelina Martin Brown of Seattle, Washington and 19-year old Sarah McCausland of Winnetka, Illinois. The vehicle involved left the scene and was located by deputies a short time later, according to police.
Drivers heading towards downtown St. Louis hit a wall of traffic after a two-vehicle wreck involving a Fed-Ex truck in St. Charles County Friday morning.
The accident happened on Interstate 70 near Zumbehl Rd. around 5 a.m.
Two right lanes were closed, and traffic at one point was backed up to at least Mid Rivers Mall Dr. The interstate re-opened about 7:45 a.m.
At least one person was injured, though details were not immediately available.