23 Nov 2012

Big crash in fog in Texas

3:09 pm on 23 November 2012

More than 50 people have been injured, eight critically, in a pileup of up to 100 vehicles on a highway in Texas.

Officials said there was heavy fog in the area at the time, Reuters reports.

The crash, in the eastbound lane of Interstate 10 near Beaumont , closed the highway in both directions on Thursday.

Millions of Americans are on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday.