Two men in separate pickup trucks were killed and 61 others were hurt Thursday in a pre-dawn pileup, involving 40 vehicles, in New Orleans, according to the Associated Press.
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=15254790&sid=81
The multi-vehicle accident took place on busy Interstate 10 at 4: 30 a.m., The Times-Picayune reported. The highway goes across Louisiana.
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2011/12/fatal_accident_closes_i-10_in.html
AP reported that the pileup happened when motorists suddenly drove into either heavy smoke or fog, so they lost visibility on the westbound lanes of Interstate 10. Witnesses told the wire service that they heard crash victims yelling for help.
The accident, which took place between exits 246 and 248, shut down Interstate 10 in both directions for several hours.