23/11/2012 20:28
Massive car pileup in Texas
A couple was killed and at least 80 people were injured Thursday in a massive car pileup involving at least 140 vehicles, which left trucks and family SUVs twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from two miles of wreckage along a busy Texas highway, the Daily Mail reports.
Debra Leggio, 60 and her husband, Vincent Leggio, 64, were killed when their 2007 Chevrolet SUV was struck by an 18-wheeler, according to authorities. The Leggios were grandparents and residents of Pearland, Texas, where Vincent worked as an electrician.
The first in the series of collisions happened around 9 a.m. on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city about 80 miles east of Houston, as hundreds of drivers were heading to Thanksgiving holiday feasts.