FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: 100 CAR PILE UP ON ILLINOIS INTERSTATE DUE TO WINTER WEATHER!

Winter storm causes 100-car pileup, shutdown on Illinois interstate...Interstate 39, which runs from Illinois to Wisconsin, is expected to remain closed through midday Friday after a pile-up on the snow-covered highway Thursday......A 30-mile stretch of an Illinois highway remains shut down Friday, one day after over 100 cars were involved in multiple crashes amid a powerful winter storm.

Interstate 39, which runs from Illinois to Wisconsin, remains closed in both directions between Normal and Minonk, Illinois, due to the slew of crashes, the Illinois Department of Transportation said early Friday morning.

“It is not expected to reopen until roughly midday today,” the agency said.

Illinois State Police were on the scene at a site of a multi-vehicle crash on I-39 in El Paso, Illinois, Thursday evening, where troopers worked to get motorists off the road, and escorted them to warming centers.