Six people have died following a pile-up crash involving more than 20 vehicles on Monday evening.
It happened near Lordsburg, New Mexico on Interstate 10 at approximately 5:15 p.m.
According to KFox14, high winds and a dust storm overcame the highway, causing a wreck involving 18 commercial vehicles and 7 passenger vehicles on the westbound lanes, at mile marker 11.
I-10 remains closed btwn Willcox and Lordsburg, NM because of a crash/dust in New Mexico. No estimated time to reopen. Try US 191 and US 70. pic.twitter.com/2A2LndfwZR
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) June 20, 2017
Of the six people killed in the crash, only two identities have been confirmed – 77-year-old Jose Manuel Clemente and 38-year-old Maurella Clemente Munoz. Several others were injured in the accident.
Got caught up in the dust storm that closed I-10 near #Lordsburg #NewMexico yesterday. In zero visibility thought I'd end up like these guys pic.twitter.com/merKeLeQBd
— Pete Angritt (@pete_angritt) June 20, 2017
Roughly 60 miles of the highway was closed as a result of the accident. The closure on the westbound lanes lasted throughout the night.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety helped with traffic control until the section of I-10 was reopened around 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
REOPENED: I-10 westbound in Lordsburg, NM: All lanes open now in both directions after a crash, according to NM DOT. #aztraffic
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) June 20, 2017
The crash remains under investigation.
Motorist Melissa Gardner captured this footage of the aftermath from the opposite side of the highway.
