By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:20pm EST
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Ten men and women passed away and at least eighteen were damaged in a compilation of accidents before dawn Sunday around Gainesville after light up as well as fog minimized awareness on the main interstate highway, criminal arrest said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said that smashes involving 12 motors plus five or perhaps eleven pickups took place soon in advance of five a.m. with Interstate 75 after smoke from the marsh fireplace along with fog to help lower field of vision upon both northbound as well as southbound lanes .
Eighteen people today had been sent for you to Shands Hospital catastrophe room, 6 months time of which with a trauma center if anyone is in critical condition, according to infirmary spokeswoman Alison Wilson.
By Sunday evening, nine with the people cared for from the unexpected emergency bedroom were being released.
"It's tragic. It's most likely the toughest a single (accident) I've seen in 27 years," Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Patrick Riordan explained to Reuters.
Riordan claimed investigators are even now trying to establish are you wanting distinct collisions happened around the interstate, that is some sort of main artery through Florida.
In just one crash, not one but two vehicles plus a new 18 wheeler ensnared hearth in addition to melted asphalt for the road, Riordan said.
The interstate continued to be made until finally Sunday evening, if the northbound lanes were reopened, a new highway patrol spokesperson said. It appeared to be not necessarily immediately clear if the southbound lanes might be reopened.
Riordan reported he experienced no information nonetheless on the ages or even gender on the victims. He said many persons past away in one car. Crumpled cars littered northbound and southbound lanes plus from the grass shoulders belonging to the interstate.
Gainesville can be residence to be able to Florida's flagship university, the particular University connected with Florida. The marsh criticism was in or near Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park southwest of town.
Florida Forest Service investigators are trying to figure out whether the shoot was placed intentionally, Ludie Bond, a new spokeswoman to the service, shared with Reuters. A lack associated with rain within recently available weeks recommended this fireplace propagate easily from the parched prairie.
(Additional reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by simply Corrie MacLaggan along with )
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