{"id":1922494,"date":"2023-05-02T02:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-fatalities-reported-in-highway-car-crashes-caused-by-dust-storm\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T02:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:29:34","slug":"multiple-fatalities-reported-in-highway-car-crashes-caused-by-dust-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-fatalities-reported-in-highway-car-crashes-caused-by-dust-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Fatalities Reported In Highway Car Crashes Caused By Dust Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmultiple-fatalities-reported-in-highway-car-crashes-caused-by-dust-storm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Multiple Fatalities Reported in Massive Car Crash in Illinois<\/h2>\n<p>Tragedy struck on Monday in Illinois as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-fatalities-reported-in-highway-car-crashes-caused-by-dust-storm\/\" title=\"Multiple Fatalities Reported In Highway Car Crashes Caused By Dust Storm\">massive car crash involving 40<\/a> to 60 cars and at least 20 commercial vehicles occurred in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-photos-captured-of-iron-dome-protecting-israel-from-palestinian-terrorist-attacks\/\" title=\"Stunning Photos Captured Of Iron Dome Protecting Israel From Palestinian Terrorist Attacks\">dust storm<\/a>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/i-55-illinois-crash-state-police-interstate\/13201497\/\">ABC7 Chicago<\/a>, several people were killed and over 30 were injured in the string of accidents on I-55.<\/p>\n<h3>Visibility Reduced by Dust Storm<\/h3>\n<p>The Illinois State Police released a statement saying, \u201cI-55 is shut down both south and northbound I-55 from milepost 63 to 80 at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-governor-allegedly-spent-thousands-in-taxpayer-money-on-groceries-liquor-dry-cleaning-report\/\" title=\"New Mexico Governor Allegedly Spent Thousands In Taxpayer Money On Groceries, Liquor, Dry Cleaning: Report\">time due<\/a> to a large crash. Traffic is being diverted onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-marine-corps-taught-me-not-to-mess-around-veteran-tackles-would-be-robber-mid-heist-authorities-say\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018Marine Corps Taught Me Not To [Mess] Around\u2019: Veteran Tackles Would-Be Robber Mid-Heist, Authorities Say\">frontage road<\/a>.\u201d The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) also confirmed that the crash was caused by a dust storm, which greatly reduced visibility.<\/p>\n<h3>Detours in Place<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI-55 traffic is being detoured via Illinois 104 and Illinois 48 through Taylorville,\u201d IDOT added. Rep. Nikki Budzinksi (D-IL) tweeted, \u201cMy team and I are closely following the devastating crash on I-55 as authorities learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Heartbreaking Reports<\/h3>\n<p>One witness, Karen Leach, described the scene as resembling snow and feeling like the end of the world. Rep. Budzinksi expressed her condolences, saying, \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken by the devastating reports of fatalities in the crash on I-55 today. My thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of these individuals and everyone who has been hospitalized with injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">breaking news story<\/a>; refresh the page for updates.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bound and northbound due to a massive pile-up caused by a dust storm,\u201d officials in Illinois announced on Monday. The tragic incident involved 40 to 60 cars and over 20 commercial vehicles, resulting in multiple fatalities and more than 30 injuries. ABC7 Chicago reported that the string of car accidents on I-55 left several people dead. The dust storm created a chaotic scene, forcing authorities to shut down both southbound and northbound lanes. This is a heartbreaking reminder of how quickly things can turn deadly on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1922495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8171,11357,9641,8682,21181,3959,4066,10692,4180],"class_list":["post-1922494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-car","tag-caused","tag-crashes","tag-dust","tag-fatalities","tag-highway","tag-multiple","tag-reported","tag-storm"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}