GALESBURG, Mich.
(AP) - State police say at least one person has died in a series of crashes
involving roughly 150 vehicles on both sides of Interstate 94 in
southwestern Michigan.
Lt. Rick Pazder
says many vehicles are on fire, including at least two semi-trucks carrying
fireworks and other hazardous materials.
The crashes are
located between mile markers 88 and 92 in eastern Kalamazoo County, near
Galesburg. Authorities are blaming snow, wind and poor visibility in the
crash.
Police first said
90 vehicles were involved, then no more than 70. But Pazder says a better
count now puts the number around 150, with a majority in westbound lanes.
He says a trucker
from Ottawa, Canada, died, and an unknown number of people are injured.