US pileup involving 75 cars leaves 3 dead A 75-vehicle pileup on a US interstate highway has left three people dead and more than 20 injured. US local police say three people have been killed and more than 20 are injured after a 75-vehicle pileup on an interstate highway near the Virginia-North Carolina border. The Virginia Department of Transportation says traffic is backed up about 13 kilometres. State police say a series of wrecks began around 1.15pm on Sunday in the southbound lanes in the area of Fancy Gap Mountain in southwest Virginia. There was heavy fog at the time. The interstate is closed in both directions.