7 dead, dozens injured after dust storm leads to massive fiery pileup on I-55 in Illinois (2024)

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How many people died in the Illinois Pile Up? ›

Illinois dust storm pile-up crash on I-55 involving 72-vehicles leaves 7 dead, over 30 hurt. An Illinois dust storm led to a pile-up crash on I-55 that killed seven people and injured more than 30 others, closing a stretch of the interstate. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ill.

LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — There is a several-car pileup on Illinois Route 54 in Logan County, Illinois State Police confirmed. It happened at 2000 Avenue near 5:45 p.m. The crash comes as a dust storm impacts the area, as well as several other interstates and locations throughout Central Illinois.

They are: Shirley Harper, 88, of Franklin, Wisconsin; Joseph Bates, 73, and Donna Bates, 71, both of Crystal Lake, Illinois; Earl LeGrand, 64, of Florissant, Missouri; and Michael Zinchuk, 55, and Amy Zinchuk, 54, both from Champaign, Illinois.

These are the 7 people who died in Louisiana I-55 pileup, including a 6-year-old boy. First responders are seen near wreckage from a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 55 at Manchac on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Shirley Harper, 88, of Franklin, Wisconsin. Amy Zinchuk, 54, and Michael Zinchuk, 55, were killed in the May 1 pileup along Interstate 55 in Central Illinois. The couple was heading home to Champaign after visiting their daughter in suburban St.

Driven by the depression, drought, and the Dust Bowl, thousands upon thousands left their homes in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. Over 300,000 of them came to California. They looked to California as a land of promise. Not since the Gold Rush had so many people traveled in such large numbers to the state.

The heart of the Dust Bowl was the Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma, but atmospheric winds carried the dust so far that East Coast cities sometimes found a powdery layer of dirt on windows, streets, sidewalks and automobiles.

The drought and erosion of the Dust Bowl affected 100 million acres (400,000 km²) that centered on the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma Panhandle and touched adjacent sections of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas.

The Black Sunday Dust Storm of April 14, 1935.

Another word for a dust storm is “haboob,” which is Arabic for the word blown. Haboobs are giant walls of dust created from high winds rushing out of a collapsing thunderstorm.

Are dust devils a type of tornado? ›

Dust devils are typically less intense than tornadoes but can still pack a punch, generating winds up to 60 mph in some stronger ones. Their width can range anywhere from 10-300 feet and they can ascend anywhere between 500 and 1,000 feet tall!

The largest multi-car wreck in the United States occurred on November 3, 2002 approximately 25 miles south of Los Angeles, California on Interstate 10, and involved 216 vehicles, and caused 41 injuries. Thankfully, even though this was a massive accident, no deaths were reported.

Countless people were stranded on I-55 Monday following an estimated 100-car pileup. The initial crash happened around 9 a.m., triggering a domino effect that led to multiple subsequent crashes.At least seven people were confirmed dead, and dozens more were hurt.

Apparently, two vehicles crashed in what was described as dense fog that led to a massive multiple-vehicle crash. The chain reaction resulted in a stretch of cars and eighteen-wheelers that was over 1 mile long.

"During the Civil War, Illinois alone had losses of 34,834 dead. Of this number, 22,786 died of disease.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ILL (WICS/WRSP) — May 1 marks one year since the dust storm on I-55 that killed eight people. Police responded after receiving multiple reports of crashes in both the north and sound bound lanes near milepost 76, north of Farmersville in Montgomery County.