The victims were identified as William M. Sosebee, 33, of Allen, Ky.; Kathern Worley, 71, of Iron Station, N.C.; and Andrew Katbi, 24, of Delphos, Ohio.

State police said Sosebee and Worley were passengers in different vehicles that struck the same tractor-trailer, while Katbi was the driver of another vehicle that reared-ended a tractor-trailer. All died at the scene.

State police investigators said 95 vehicles were involved in 17 separate crashes within a mile span near the base of Fancy Gap Mountain near the North Carolina state line Sunday. Twenty-five were injured.

The crashes began around 1:15 p.m. Sunday when there was heavy fog in the area.

“This mountain is notorious for fog banks. They have advance signs warning people. But the problem is, people are seeing well and suddenly they’re in a fog bank,” said Glen Sage of the American Red Cross office in the town of Galax.

Since 1997, there have been at least six such pileups on the mountain but Sunday’s crash was the most deadly, according to The Roanoke Times. Two people died in crashes involving dozens of vehicles in both 2000 and 2010.

State police said traffic along the interstate in southwest Virginia backed up for about 8 miles in the

PILEUP: U.S. highways have seen 19 pileups so far in 2013

GALAX, Va. (AP) — Nearly 100 vehicles crashed Sunday along a mountainous, foggy stretch of interstate near the Virginia-North Carolina border, killing three people and injuring 25 others.

Police said traffic along Interstate 77 in southwest Virginia backed up for about 8 miles in the southbound lanes after the accidents. Authorities closed the northbound lanes so that fire trucks, ambulances and police could get to the series of chain-reaction wrecks.

Virginia State Police determined there were 17 separate crashes involving 95 vehicles within a mile span near the base of Fancy Gap Mountain, spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. The crashes began around 1:15 p.m. Sunday when there was heavy fog in the area.

“This mountain is notorious for fog banks. They have advance signs warning people. But the problem is, people are seeing well and suddenly they’re in a

GALAX, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police on Monday identified the three victims of a chain-reaction crash involving nearly 100 vehicles along a mountainous, foggy stretch of Interstate 77.

The victims were identified as William M. Sosebee, 33, of Allen, Ky.; Kathern Worley, 71, of Iron Station, N.C.; and Andrew Katbi, 24, of Delphos, Ohio.

Carroll County, Virginia, April 1: Three people died and at least 25 were injured after 95 vehicles were involved in a pile-up following numerous accidents on a foggy US highway.

The vehicles were caught in 17 separate crashes on Sunday along the mountainous road near the Virginia-North Carolina border, according to police.

Virginia State Police spokeswoman said the injuries ranged from serious to minor.

Carroll County, Virginia, April 1: Three people died and at least 25 were injured after 95 vehicles were involved in a pile-up following numerous accidents on a foggy US highway.

The vehicles were caught in 17 separate crashes on Sunday along the mountainous road near the Virginia-North Carolina border, according to police.

Virginia State Police spokeswoman said the injuries ranged from serious to minor.

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) — An accident involving 75 vehicles has killed 3 people in U.S. state of Virginia, authorities said on Sunday.

According to Virginia’s Department of Transportation, the pile up took place on southbound Interstate 77 at mile marker 6 in Carroll County, Virginia.

The accident location is just north of the North Carolina border in the Fancy Gap area. It took place at about 1:15 p.m. Sunday. According to the police, there was heavy fog at the time. The pile up killed 3 people and injured over 20.

The accident closed all lanes of the interstate, both north and south bound, as accident responders are using both directions to access the crash location. Motorists were being advised to seek alternate routes.

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Rescue workers look over the scene on I-77 where approximately 75 vehicles were involved in an accident in Carroll County, Virginia, near the North Carolina state line in this March 31, 2013 photo courtesy of WXII12-TV. [Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON – An accident involving 75 vehicles has killed 3 people in US state of Virginia, authorities said on Sunday.

According to Virginia’s Department of Transportation, the pile up took place on southbound Interstate 77 at mile marker 6 in Carroll County, Virginia.

The accident location is just north of the North Carolina border in the Fancy Gap area. It took place at about 1:15 pm Sunday. According to the police, there was heavy fog at the time. The pile up killed 3 people and injured over 20.

The accident closed all lanes of the interstate, both north and south bound, as accident responders are using both directions to access the crash location. Motorists were being advised to seek alternate routes.

WASHINGTON, March 31 — An accident involving 75 vehicles has killed 3 people
in U.S. state of Virginia, authorities said on Sunday.

According to Virginia’s Department of Transportation, the pile up took place
on southbound Interstate 77 at mile marker 6 in Carroll County, Virginia.

The accident location is just north of the North Carolina border in the Fancy
Gap area. It took place at about 1:15 p.m. Sunday. According to the police,
there was heavy fog at the time. The pile up killed 3 people and injured over
20.

The accident closed all lanes of the interstate, both north and south bound,
as accident responders are using both directions to access the crash location.
Motorists were being advised to seek alternate routes.

Xinhua | 2013-4-1 9:13:36
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GALAX, Va. (AP) — Nearly 100 vehicles crashed Sunday along a mountainous, foggy stretch of interstate near the Virginia-North Carolina border, killing three people and injuring 25 others.

Police said traffic along Interstate 77 in southwest Virginia backed up for about 8 miles in the southbound lanes after the accidents. Authorities closed the northbound lanes so that fire trucks, ambulances and police could get to the series of chain-reaction wrecks.