The Latest Breaking News from Interstate 55

Crews worked through the night clearing the wreckage of more than 150 vehicles involved in a series of crashes on Interstate 55 near New Orleans caused by a “superfog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog that killed at least seven people and injured another 25

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling for prayers for the dead and injured following a series of multi-car accidents that left sections of Interstate 55 near the community of Manchac resembling a junkyard of mangled cars

A windstorm in the US state of Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields, causing numerous crashes and killing at least six people on Interstate 55, police said.

A massive pileup Monday morning south of Springfield caused by a windstorm left seven people dead and involved 72 vehicles. Nearly 40 people were injured.

Illinois State Police say a windstorm that kicked up clouds of dust in south-central Illinois has led to numerous crashes and pileups and “multiple fatalities” on Interstate 55

More than 70 cars and several big-rig trucks involved in vehicle collisions on Interstate 55 that left 37 people injured

The accident occurred on inbound Interstate 55 near Cicero Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side, fire officials said.

Crowd shutdown I-55 in the city after the city released the video

The fire truck was responding to a crash about 2:40 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 at Pulaski Road when it was struck by a vehicle, Illinois State Police said.