• A massive car crash involving 72 vehicles in Farmersville, Illinois, Monday morning left at least six people dead and 37 people injured, police said.
• According to Illinois State Police, the surviving victims – whose ages ranged between 2 years and 80 years old – were transported to local hospitals with various injuries. Some of whom are said to be in critical condition.
• “At 10:55 a.m. there was a crash on northbound Interstate 55 at Milepost 76. At the same time, there were numerous crashes on southbound Interstate 55 at Milepost 76. The crashes occurred within a two-mile stretch — from roughly Milepost 76 to Milepost 78,” the police statement read.

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