Deadly pile-up in southern Virginia

At least three people have been killed and 25 injured in a pile-up involving almost 100 vehicles in the US state of Virginia, police say.

They said there were 17 separate crashes within a distance of one mile (1.6km) on Interstate 77 near the base of Fancy Gap Mountain.
The accidents began shortly after 13:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Sunday, when there was heavy fog in the area.
 "This mountain is notorious for fog banks," said Glen Sage of the American Red Cross office in the town of Galax. "They have advance signs warning people. But the problem is, people are seeing well and suddenly they're in a fog bank."

Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina has reopened early Monday following the series of chain-reaction wrecks along a mountainous, foggy stretch of the highway, killing three people and injured 25 others.