Sunday, January 29, 2012

Interstate 75 crashes kill at least 10 near Gainesville

Interstate 75 crashes kill at least 10 near Gainesville

By David Breen
5:04 p.m. EST, January 29, 2012

Interstate 75 is shut down this afternoon in Alachua County after a series of fatal crashes killed 10 people overnight.

Lt. Patrick Riordan of the Florida Highway Patrol said cars and trucks piled up amid poor visibility from fog and smoke from nearby wildfires. At least 18 people were taken to area hospitals as well.


At least 12 passenger cars and about seven semi-trucks were involved in the crashes, which happened at about 4 a.m. in both northbound and southbound lanes near Mile Marker 379, the FHP said.

FHP spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said it could take days to piece together how many separate accidents took place.
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