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'We just hit it, and you couldnt see anything': Nine dead and 18 wounded in pileup after fire clouds Florida interstate
What caused it? Did they take precautions?At least nine people died in a series of crashes caused by heavy smoke and fog overnight on Interstate 75 in north Florida.
Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Patrick Riordan said the pileups happened around 3.45am Sunday on both sides of I-75 south of Gainesville. All lanes of the interstate remained closed as investigators began trying to figure out what caused the early morning crashes..
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more, with pictures and video, at Daily Mail link aboveAn estimated 20 vehicles were involved in the deadly crash.
The FHP had closed the highway briefly overnight because of a mixture of fog and smoke from a marsh fire in the Paynes Prairie area south of Gainesville.
Lt. Riordan said the agency had several troopers driving along the stretch of I-75 to access the situation early Sunday.
'When the visibility cleared, we reopened the road,' he said.
He said he is not sure how much time passed between the reopening of the highway and the first crash.
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