Continue reading by following this link to a related story: Article: Fog-induced wreck prompted lawsuits, Article: 'Horrific, surreal experience,' photographer recalls. 60 people were injured as more than 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the A249 Sheppey crossing in Kent, UK. The other man, Lamin Khalifa Fhimah, was acquitted. Twelve people were killed, some of them so badly burned and mangled that officials initially thought the toll was higher. "It was always the plan that all of us bachelors would come home last, which seemed like a brilliant idea at the time," Richardson said. It was Dec. 12, 1985, and the soldiers were on their way home from a peacekeeping deployment in the Sinai. The crash launched years of litigation that charged negligence against Tennessee and a nearby industry alleged to have contributed to the killer fog with its water vapor and industrial emissions. DeBolt still was going at least 50 miles per hour, aware that a hulking tractor-trailer was somewhere behind him, when he saw a man appear in the middle of the road, waving frantically for him to pull over. "This was the single largest loss of life in a single event in a single day that this division has ever experienced," Sylvia said. Electronic signs communicate the information to drivers. 'I saw the green and white hot air balloon with Bogey Inn written on the side of it. Francisco Cruz Salgado, was among 248 Soldiers who lost their lives in a plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland, Dec. 12, 1985, while returning home from a peacekeeping mission in Sinai, Egypt. The other victims were identified as Doug Shirey, Scott Meaker and Kathy Nemes. A federal jury has awarded $1.8 million in compensatory damages to the family of a Perry Hall man who died as the result of injuries he suffered in a construction accident at Fort Meade in early 1987. As the uninjured truckers inspected their vehicles for damage, a four-door sedan hit the second tractor-trailer. Investigators are still working to determine what caused the crash. Dec 3 Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59. * Use the right edge of the road or painted road markings as a guide. It showed us the need to have plans in place before events.". "Gander is almost like 9/11 here," he said. Dudgeon officials said during the trial that they had no idea who manufactured the bushing or what its burst pressure rating was. He never learned what happened to the man who staggered out of the fog and warned him. DeVane passed cars and trucks with minimal damage tucked among vehicles unrecognizably destroyed. It's not their fault," she said. Dog rescued after falling 12 feet into Georgia storm drain. 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She has since provided support to Gold Star families from the first Gulf War and later Iraq and Afghanistan. March 1 (UPI) -- A basketball player from Poland broke a Guinness World Record in London when he jumped 10 feet and 5 inches to complete a between the legs slam dunk. Surgeons revived him with manual heart massage and removed at least 16 feet of his intestines. In 2020, there were: 25730 single vehicle crashes, 57392 dual vehicle crashes, There were warning signs The victims hailed from across the continent, from Canada to Florida, including four from Tennessee. March 1 (UPI) -- Police in Maine said the last of the three bison to escape in Aroostook County was safely rounded up with help from the animals' owner. Four died from trauma, including abdominal hemorrhage, a fractured neck and a 51-year-old woman whose legs were cut off in the crash.Source: National Transportation Safety Board highway accident report, issued September 1992TIPS: DRIVING IN FOGFog forms when the temperature drops and invisible water vapor in the air condenses to form suspended water droplets. He [James Clark] suffered miserably, and it was wholly out of his hands," said Bruce J. Babij, one of the Clarks' lawyers, of the verdict. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 11, 1990, Dyer was the first responder to the worst fatal accident on Tennessee highways in nearly two decades, and the most deadly fog-induced wreck in state history, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Clark was taken to the Shock-Trauma Unit in Baltimore in cardiac arrest. Dottie Crabtree, a secretary at a school near the launching area, said she saw the balloon being filled with air but did not see it take off. Bowater has denied contributing to visibility problems in the low-lying, fog-prone stretch of highway. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. * Do not stop on a freeway or heavily traveled road. White-out conditions and icy roads caused a 90 to 100 car pileup on Route 8 northbound in Hudson, Ohio. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A swimmer visiting a beach in New South Wales, Australia, found a mussel-covered message in a bottle that turned out to have traveled more than 185 miles. The report has been delayed because the NTSB wants to include findings from three fog-related pileups that occurred this year in Utah and California, Benson said. Canadian aviation officials said the cause of the crash was ice on the wings. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 11, 1990, Dyer was the first responder to the worst fatal accident on Tennessee highways in nearly two decades, and the most deadly fog Still, he said, "we were able to help a lot of people, pull people out of cars that were on fire.". After last years pileup, Bowater spokeswoman Astrid Sheil denied the paper mill contributed to the fog, which she called a natural phenomenon of the area. On the morning of December 11, 1990, 12 people were killed, 42 people were injured when dense fog formed within just a couple of hours just north of the Exit 36 bridge on I-75. Then-Bradley County deputy Bill Dyer was dispatched on a call about a wreck on the interstate he traveled to the Bradley-McMinn County border and could not find one. The crash occurred around 2:40 a.m. on Monday in the 500 block of E. Staunton Avenue in Sterling. "The great irony of our rotation we were the eighth iteration was we didn't lose a single soldier in the Sinai. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Federal, state and local authorities were investigating the accident. On the southbound side of I-75, Dyer continued trying to flag cars down. You can't even contemplate your life. Victims describe 'all kinds of terrible scenes--trucks on fire, cars on fire, bodies in the road. When visibility drops to below 480 feet, the speed limit is dropped to 35 mph. December 5, 2010 at 1:04 p.m. Last of three loose bison rounded up in Maine. The system monitors visibilities and reduces speed limits when fog is present. He stared at the wreck, realizing he had almost taken the place of the woman crushed to death in what was the final collision of the northbound highway's pileups. Polish basketball player breaks slam dunk world record. More than 65 emergency responders -- police, fire, EMS and social service agencies -- from Chattanooga to Knoxville rushed to a scene more gruesome and haunting than many had ever witnessed. * Reduce speed and watch your speedometer. "There are probably going to be people in that room who were either not born or under 5 years old in 1985, and they never knew their father, uncle or brother," said Richardson, who was a staff officer in 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry at the time of the crash. It never occurred to me to hate him.". 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