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This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)
This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)
This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)
This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)
This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)
This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)
This still image from WSIL-TV taken on Thursday, March 17, 2022 shows chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri. The collisions began about 8 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 57 as thick fog enveloped the Charleston area, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage. (WSIL-TV via AP)

The city of Charleston, Missouri. The number of deaths has risen to six from a series of fiery chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles on a fog-covered interstate in southeast Missouri.

The Mississippi County coroner confirmed a sixth death overnight, following the report of five deaths and many injuries in the pileups.

The accidents started at 8 a.m. The Charleston area is about 150 miles south of St. Louis and is covered in thick fog on Thursday. The first pileup started in the south and moved to the north.

The area of the crash was a half-a-mile long.

The interstate was closed from the Missouri-Illinois border to the Sikeston, Missouri area. The interstate reopened at 4:30 a.m. Friday, he said.

The names of those who died were expected to be released later Friday.

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