A pile up on Interstate 55 in Central Illinois yesterday  claimed multiple lives.
 

Wind driven dust off of farm fields created a zero visibility situation around Farmersville causing more than 80 vehicles to crash according to the Illinois State Police. Six people have died and More than 30 people were transported to four local hospitals, with Injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening.  Two semi-trucks caught fire in the crash. Illinois State Police Major Ryan Starrick says the Interstate highway was closed in both directions for some 17 miles because of the crash.
 

Starrick says Troopers and other first responders have canvassed the area and believe that everyone has been accounted for.
 

State Plice say the first set of crashes happened on the northbound lanes and then vehicles began to pile-up on the southbound lanes.