30 to 40 vehicles crash on stretch of foggy Texas interstate

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities say 30 to 40 vehicles were involved in a string of wrecks in heavy fog along an approximately 2-mile stretch of Interstate 37 in rural South Texas.

Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Jason Reyes said no one was killed in the accidents Wednesday morning in Atascosa County near the community of Campbellton, about 50 miles south of San Antonio. He said two people were taken to hospitals with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Authorities received an initial crash report about 7:15 a.m.

“As our units were responding, multiple calls came in regarding additional crashes,” Reyes said.

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Reyes said the pileup wasn’t caused by a single crash but several, including one in which some vehicles caught fire.

Northbound and southbound lanes were closed after the wrecks, but all lanes reopened by afternoon.