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TRAFFIC ALERT * USA - Brush fire, fog cause fatal 50-car pile-up on I-4 in Florida
About 50 cars and trucks crashed on a highway blanketed by fog and smoke from a brush fire Wednesday, and authorities said at least three people were killed
Lakeland,FL,USA -The Trucker/The Associated Press -9 Jan 2008: -- ... A stretch of nearly 15 miles of Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando was closed by several accidents, including the 50-car pileup. Aerial footage showed the soupy mix of fog and smoke covering the landscape for miles and giving the sky an eerie golden color... The poor visibility forced rescuers to walk along the closed interstate checking individual vehicles for injured motorists, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Coggins said. The conditions cleared in late morning, showing mangled, charred trucks and cars pinned underneath some tractor trailers... (Video from YouTube, by jessicariggs1 - January 09, 2008: "INTERSTATE 4 70 CAR PILE UP IN SMOKE FOG ")
* More mountain snow forecast in Washington
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker -9 Jan 2008 — The forecast of more mountain snow is likely to affect driving through the Cascade passes through the end of the week... The National Weather Service expects another strong front on Thursday and a weaker one on Saturday... Forecasters have issued a winter storm watch for the Cascades through Thursday evening... (Photo from WSDOTA - Webcam view of Washington's Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90, taken early Wednesday morning)Labels: traffic jams
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