A huge dust storm has caused a stack of 23 cars, along with various other crashes and two people injured on an important highway.
Motorists rode almost completely blind along Highway 285 near Roswell, New Mexico, on Monday when the air turned orange.
Roswell is famous for a UFO-MOTHERLING THEORY and had a top secret government facility in the vicinity of some claim for extraterrestrial research.
High Wind hit the sand on the road in a wild way and videos that are placed online showed only a few meters visibility.
Ambulances and local police hurried to Carrol and Orchard Park, just south of halfway between Roswell and Artesia, after the crashes were reported.
Two people were seriously injured in the crashes and hurried to the eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell.
A huge dust storm has caused a stack of 23 cars, along with various other crashes and two people injured on an important highway
Motorists drove almost completely blind past Highway 285 near Roswell, New Mexico, on Monday when Heaven became Orange
High Wind hit the sand on the road in a fierce way, and videos that are posted online showed only a few meters visibility
Five semi-tricks and 18 other vehicles were dragged to Sheriff's Office of Chaves County after they were involved in the largest pile.
Dexter Fire and Rescue Chief Justin Powell said that roads were closed through the area and encouraged everyone to stay inside.
'Highway 285 is still closed between Roswell and Artesia. Zero visibility in places. State Road 2 is also very bad with little and no visibility, “he wrote online.
'Multiple vehicle accidents around the area. If you don't have to drive, don't do this. Stay set!
'Warnings have all been expanded until the evening. The wind is expected to blow in the coming days.
'This is spring in the NM desert, so this is sometimes expected. Just use caution and common sense.
Ambulances and local police hurried to Carrol and Orchard Park, just south of halfway Roswell and Artesia, after the crashes were reported
Five semi-tricks and 18 other vehicles were dragged to Sheriff's Office of Chaves County after he was involved in the largest pile
Dexter Fire and Rescue Chief Justin Powell said that roads were closed through the area and encouraged everyone to stay inside
'So many emergency agencies work on all these accidents. Sometimes every available ambulance has taken several patients at the same time.
“So please be safe, stay away if you can until the wind comes down and the visibility gets better.”
Satellite images showed plumes of brown dust over huge parts of the region.
Roswell's alien conspiracy dates from the crash of a top secret US army of experimental weather balloon designed to detect Soviet rocket launches.
The balloon waste included a large metal disk, which started the claim that it was a UFO and that balloon was a cover.
This was helped by a poorly formulated army statement that it was in possession of a 'flying disc', which caused a rowing before it was withdrawn hours later.
Satellite images showed plumes of brown dust over huge parts of the region
