Texas highway pileup injures 54 PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A pileup on a foggy Texas highway involving more than 50 vehicles has injured 54 people, four of them critically, the state Department of Public Safety said. The early morning incident in the eastbound lane of Texas Highway 73 in heavy fog, the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise reported Thursday. Eastbound traffic had been moving about 70 mph before the accidents about five miles west of Port Arthur, troopers said. The poor visibility was made worse by smoke from marsh wildfires in the area, Deputy Rod Carroll of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said. The highway was shut down in both directions as tow trucks worked to clear vehicles from the roadway, authorities said, but was reopened about four hours after the accidents. Crash victims were taken to hospitals in Port Arthur and Beaumont.