A dense “superfog” in Louisiana reduced road visibility and caused a massive pileup involving at least 158 vehicles. What drivers need to know about this…
involving at least 158 vehicles. At least seven people were killed and more than two dozen injured in Monday morning's crashes near New Orleans.
This weather phenomenon reduces visibility to less than 10 feet. With light wind, a “superfog” settles low to the ground, making driving extremely dangerous. Such was the case on Monday, when smoke from several recent wetland fires in the region mixed with fog to create a “superfog” on Interstate 55,The crashes left a stretch of crushed and scorched vehicles piled atop each other. Some people got out of their vehicles and stood on the side of the road or on the roofs of their cars looking in disbelief at the disaster, The Associated Press reported.
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