4 dead in fiery highway pile-up in US

February 07, 2013 08:51

More than two dozen cars, pickup trucks and tractor-trailers collided in a fiery pileup on a foggy highway in the US state of Georgia, killing at least four people and sending nine others to a hospital, officials said.

Work crews on Interstate 16 were still clearing charred and twisted wreckage from the crash scene, which covered nearly a half-kilometer of the roadway, nearly six hours after the chain of crashes occurred.

Crews initially reported three deaths before finding another person dead in the wreckage later on Wednesday.

The Georgia State Patrol was still trying to piece together what started the series of wrecks involving 27 vehicles. Capt Kirk McGlamery said even drivers who dodged to the side of cars crashing in front of them weren't safe from getting rear-ended off the highway's shoulder.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

'Yes, extra-marital affairs happen'

'Sometimes things get stale in a relationship and people seek solace elsewhere.'

Pant Or Miller: Who Batted Best? Vote!

Check out the top knocks of the DC vs GT match.

LTIMindtree misses revenue, profit estimates

IT services major LTIMindtree reported a net profit of Rs 1,100 crore for the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24 (FY24), down 1.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from Rs 1,141 crore in the same quarter last financial year. Revenue...

'BJP is out of power this time'

'The nation cannot afford a government indifferent to its plight/'

Gehlot tapped phones of Pilot: Ex-Raj CM's OSD

'They wanted to prove that the BJP was behind all this, which was not the case. Then Deputy CM Sachin Pilot even said that no one was listening to them even when they wanted to tell their side of the story, so they all got together and...