80 injured in 50-car pileup in Texas fog

By NBC News staff Eighty people were injured in a foggy, 50-vehicle pileup that completely closed Interstate 10 near Beaumont, Texas on Thursday morning, NBC affiliate KBMT reported. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Stephanie Davis said several hundred more cars were stuck on the scene. There were no fatalities in the chain-reaction accident, which happened over a two-mile stretch between Taylor's Bayou and Hampshire Road. The DPS said there was dense fog in the area at the time of the initial crash, which happened at around 8:45 a.m. local time (9:45 a.m. ET). There were numerous injuries, ranging from minor scrapes and bruises to broken bones, Davis told NBC News.  She said the fog had lifted at the scene but there was no word on when it would be cleared and the freeway re-opened.