Dozens Injured as Nearly 200 Cars Collide on Calif. Freeway

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Dozens Injured as Nearly 200 Cars Collide on Calif. Freeway

Nearly 200 cars and big-rig trucks collided on the fogbound Long Beach Freeway, California, U.S. early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, nine critically, and closing the highway for hours.

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Nearly 200 cars and big-rig trucks collided on the fogbound Long Beach Freeway, California, U.S. early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, nine critically, and closing the highway for hours.

"The fog was thick and all you saw on the horizon was the cars piled up in both directions," driver Rob Zeigler told KABC-TV. "You could hear all the crashing and the banging. You could feel your car moving, knowing that other cars are still hitting you."

CHP Officer Joseph Pace said 194 vehicles, including seven or eight tractor-trailers, were involved in two separate pileups.

At least 41 people were injured, nine of them critically, he said.

Dozens of cars, vans and big-rig trucks could be seen tangled together and littering both sides of the freeway about 25 miles south of Los Angeles. Some cars were buried under others, and some of the injured had to be cut from their vehicles.

Early morning fog may have contributed to the pileups, which started just before 7 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Douglas Kondo said.

Source: Agencies

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