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Thanksgiving tragedy: Two dead and more than 120 injured in massive pileup.......
mailonline ^ | 11.22.2012 | dmr

Posted on 11/22/2012 7:25:16 PM PST by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Thanksgiving tragedy: Two dead and more than 120 injured in massive pileup involving over 100 vehicles on foggy Texas interstate

wo people are dead and more than 120 injured, some critically, after a massive pile-up today involving at least 100 vehicles that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the miles of wreckage.

The Thanksgiving Day collision happened around 8am on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city about 80 miles east of Houston.

Extremely dense fog blanketing a section of the Texas interstate made conditions treacherous for drivers heading to Thanksgiving holiday feasts.

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A man and a woman were killed in a Chevy Suburban SUV crushed by a tractor trailer, the Texas Department of Public Safety told KFDM-TV.

Officials at Acadian Ambulance service said more than 50 people have been taken to area hospitals in Beaumont, Port Arthur and Winnie. At least eight are critically hurt. The most seriously injured were being transported to Houston, about 75 miles away.

Multiple ambulance crews responded and transported patients to area hospitals.

Baptist Beaumont Hospital spokeswoman Mary Poole told KFDM News they've received at least 21 patients. One was in critical condition. They've transported two children and one adult with head injuries to a Houston hospital.

It wasn't immediately clear how the pileup began, but Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Rod Carroll said the fog was so thick that deputies didn't immediately realize they were dealing with multiple accidents.

The westbound lane of the interstate has been reopened, he said.

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To: Smokin' Joe

Some days it’s not worth getting out of bed.


21 posted on 11/23/2012 1:45:17 PM PST by xp38
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To: xp38
Some days it’s not worth getting out of bed.

Hey! Someone has to shovel the sidewalk!

22 posted on 11/23/2012 9:16:33 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Morgana
I have never really under stood these fog crashes all that well. Where I lived in Denver a few years back the shortest way to the highway for me was always through some of the foggiest conditions I have ever seen. The fag was there pretty much ever day due to the waste water plant dumping warm water into the South Platte river in the river basin right were the 2 lane road went over the bridge.
My first thought was always to slow down due to the limited visibility and not to speed up to get through it faster.
23 posted on 11/23/2012 10:17:14 PM PST by SledgeCS (Good Men Died. Obama Lied. Impeach the LYING COWARD!!!)
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To: CodeToad
Yeah, everyone should drive 45mph on the freeways so the old farts with cataracts that shouldn’t be driving in the first place feel comfortable.

Temper Temper, if you play your cards you will get there some day,then you will have cataracts, weak bladder so you can wear paper pants, bad knees so you can use a walker, or cane. Have some smart ass complain about your disabilities.

24 posted on 11/23/2012 10:31:47 PM PST by BooBoo1000 ( Your life is like a coin, you can spend it on what ever you want, but you can only spend it once.)
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To: BooBoo1000

“Have some smart ass complain about your disabilities. “

What’s that got to do with unsafe elderly drivers?


25 posted on 11/24/2012 7:54:45 AM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: Rightly Biased

Thanks for the correction - I’m in Dallas - knew it was Austin area and nowhere near Beaumont.


26 posted on 11/24/2012 12:02:40 PM PST by RebelTXRose
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