Damn !!! I was just by there Saturday and will be back that way again next Sunday.
GALAX, Va. (AP) - Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina reopened early Monday following a series of chain-reaction wrecks involving nearly 100 vehicles along a mountainous, foggy stretch of the highway, killing three people and injured 25 others.
Virginia State Police determined 95 vehicles wrecked in 17 separate crashes 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 fog bank," said Glen Sage of the American Red Cross office in the town of Galax.
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95 Car Pile Up on I-77
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95 Car Pile Up on I-77
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Re: 95 Car Pile Up on I-77
Been thru this area many times, usually late at night. Semis seem to be running at 100 MPH in the fog Scary place!
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Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Re: 95 Car Pile Up on I-77
Ban fog, it's far too dangerous...
Ryan
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Ryan
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Re: 95 Car Pile Up on I-77
[quote="RMP-RLTW"]Ban fog, it's far too dangerous...
Ryan
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....and darkness.
Ryan
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....and darkness.
Re: 95 Car Pile Up on I-77
Make I-77 a fog-free zone. Well, it works for the schools.IEDmagnet wrote:....and darkness.RMP-RLTW wrote:Ban fog, it's far too dangerous...
Ryan
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Ranger Class 13-71
Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867