At least 6 killed in massive pileup on Montana freeway amid dust storm
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At least six people have died and several more injured after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 miles per hour caused a pileup Friday evening on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said.
At least 21 vehicles crashed, authorities said. Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said weather was likely the cause.
"It appears as though there was heavy winds, causing a dust storm with zero visibility," he said.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.