Illinois dust storm: multiple deaths reported in highway pile-up

About 40 to 60 passenger cars and several big-rig trucks involved in vehicle collisions on Interstate 55 that caused dozens of injuries

Multiple people were reported killed and dozens of other people wounded on Monday in car crashes along Interstate 55 in southern Illinois during a dust storm, state police said.

Roughly 40 to 60 passenger cars and several big-rig trucks were involved in the crashes shortly after 11am local time (12pm ET), Maj Ryan Starrick of the state police said.