Highway 287 reopens following deadly 11-vehicle pile-up

Two people died in a crash on Highway 287 about five miles south of Lamar Wednesday evening.

We don’t know the identities of the victims but we do know they were in separate vehicles.

Trooper Nate Reid says several others were transported to the hospital with injuries.

He says a dust storm caused a chain-reaction around 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The highway was closed overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning while the accident was investigated and cleaned up. It fully reopened at around 9:20 Thursday morning.