Eight people, including four children, were killed in a 22-vehicle pileup during a sandstorm on Interstate 15 near the town of Kanosh, Utah on Sunday, officials said Monday. At least 10 people were taken to hospitals, including three in critical condition, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
The “series of crashes” happened just before 5 p.m. Multiple ground and air ambulances were dispatched to transport crash victims for medical treatment.
Five of the eight people killed in the crash were in one vehicle. Two others who lost their lives were in another vehicle and one fatality was from a third vehicle, officials said. Four of the victims were adults and four were children under the age of 15.