Iran Press/ America: Four people died, and multiple others were injured in a massive car crash involving at least 46 vehicles, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Friday.
The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes on the Ohio Turnpike in Erie County. A stretch of the turnpike's westbound lanes reopened at 11:25 p.m., at least 12 hours after the crash, but the eastbound lanes remained closed.
Fifteen commercial vehicles were being cleared from the turnpike late Friday, and “white-out conditions persist,” highway patrol said.
According to the agency, buses were being used to take people from the crash site to a local facility to stay warm.
Photos posted on Twitter showed a black pickup on top of the pileup. Other images showed mangled semi-trucks and several vehicles crushed between a median and a trailer.
Authorities did not release details about the people killed or the status of the injured. It's not clear if the crash was weather-related.
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