WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) A pileup involving more than 60 cars on a major interstate in Virginia on Sunday morning injured dozens of people, according to state police.
The crash happened just before 8 a.m. Sunday on westbound Interstate 64 in York County near Williamsburg, Va., State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya said. No fatalities were reported, but it took crews several hours to clear the roadway and reopen all lanes of traffic.
Authorities do not yet know the cause of the crash, but fog and icy road conditions were contributing factors, Anaya said.
Photos from the scene showed a tangled mass of metal, with car hoods crumpled, windows smashed and a red truck plopped on top of another vehicle.
Sixty-nine vehicles were involved in the crash, and 51 people were treated or transported to hospitals, Anaya said Sunday afternoon, noting that those figures were constantly changing.
Among those hurt, two were listed in critical condition and 11 were serious but not life-threatening, said York County Fire Chief Stephen Kopczynski.
An investigation into the cause of the crash was ongoing.
In a separate incident, eight cars were involved in a crash on I-64 in the opposite direction after the larger pileup, Anaya said. It wasnt immediately clear if others were injured in that crash.
Ivan Levy said the car his wife had been driving was a Christmas gift.
She was all upset about the vehicle, and I was like, Look, honey, its just metal, he said.
