'Super fog' causes deadly 158-car pile-up in Louisiana

Seven people were killed and dozens more injured after a “super fog” descended on a Louisiana highway, causing a 158-car pile-up.

The fog, which is created when smoke from smouldering undergrowth mixes with cooler air and water vapour, covered Interstate 55 near New Orleans on Monday morning, reducing visibility to near zero.

State police said a crash of more than 158 vehicles had caused a portion of the road to catch fire and destroyed a tanker truck carrying “hazardous liquid”.

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[meetmehalfway]

Lived in that area and Houston for years, the problem is not the fog, it is the way everyone drives down there, no sympathy for people who drive badly.

[Nowwheels]

Its a human thing - people go at the same speed as they do without fog with probably no fog lights on. We get the same type of people here in England. It is the start of the foggy season here so i expect we will get a big pile up soon. Its a form of motorway madness.

[loeb]

If foggy why still driving too fast car infront and no lights turns on

[rob]

No, driving badly and following too closely caused this. The fog just contributed.

[ar-uzcb]

NO the fog did NOT cause this CRASH. People are responsible for NOT taking the precautions in the situation they were in, smdh 🙄

[Standing.W.Israel]

Super-fog huh? Now I have seen it all.

[DavidStanleymusic]

driving too fast not driving within a safety margin in the fog. stupid people do stupid things

[lwrefrigeratedexpress]

The fog didn't cause it. People not paying attention did.

[spandaubilly]

For “Super Fog” read “Thick Fog” 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[gregdrew]

Fog doesn't kill people. Getting driven over by a truck kills people.

[markstrow]

Have signs saying this is a no crash zone, or crashes not allowed. That's should fix it. Or pass legislation to ban car crashes. That will do it

[LoremIpsum]

'Smog'. Like we used to have in London when there were so many coal fires...but that was denser than this.

[rw]

There are less idiots on the road now.

[baronedipiemonte]

The Ambulance Chasing members of the BAR are overjoyed... the insurance companies AREN'T

[SacredDreamer]

😞
START MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS TO OUR CREATOR - DAILY !

[beniceandhappy]

Don't they ever learn?? Drive slog in fog with loud music playing.

[LIL_APO]

yall think thats bad we see this everyday in florida

[melissajennings]

It was crazy asf at the mississippi bridge in nola😮

[BollocksToThat]

Why is it always America ALL of these crazy videos come from?

[rockinginafreeworld]

Everything is bigger in America, even crashes.