1 Dead following car crash on Texas highway
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 12:43 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 3:26 PM EDT
LUBBOCK, Texas. -- At least one person is dead after a dust storm caused a multi-vehicle pileup on a Texas highway.
The accident happened Wednesday afternoon near Lubbock on a stretch of I-27.
Authorities say an unknown number of cars crashed into each other in near zero-visibility conditions.
Emergency crews are having trouble getting to vehicles because of the storm. They even called in a mass casualty bus to transport dozens of victims to a nearby hospital.
The wreckage shut down the highway in both directions between four exits for several hours.