Deadly Dust Storm Pile-Up On New Mexico Highway

Authorities closed a massive stretch of Interstate 10 in southeast Arizona on Monday due to a deadly vehicle pile-up caused at least in part by a dust storm blowing through the area. Arizona Department of Transportation officials said I-10 was closed for about 60 miles, with eastbound traffic stopped just east of Willcox. Westbound traffic was stopped at Lordsburg, New Mexico. The New Mexico State Police said in a statement that officers were investigating a twenty-five vehicle pile-up on I-10 at mile marker 11 westbound. The chain-reaction crash was attributed to the dust storm, which saw high winds kick up enough dust to severely limit visibility.