Three Killed In 95-Vehicle Interstate Pile-Up

Three people have been killed and 25 injured after 95 vehicles were involved in collisions on a foggy US highway.

Police said the vehicles were caught in 17 separate crashes along the mountainous Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina border.

Traffic in the area was backed up for around eight miles (12.9km) after a series of collisions began at around 1.15pm on Sunday in the southbound lanes close to Fancy Gap Mountain, southwest Virginia.

The crashes occurred during heavy fog on a mountainous stretch of road

Message boards along the interstate warned drivers of severe fog in the area.

Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corrine Geller said the crashes happened mostly because drivers were going too fast.

The motorway was closed in both directions as emergency vehicles accessed the southbound lanes.

Glen Sage, of the American Red Cross in the nearby town of Galax, said: "This mountain is notorious for fog banks.

"They have advance signs warning people. But the problem is, people are seeing well and suddenly they're in a fog bank."

Several vehicles caught fire in the pile-up.

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