The church van headed south in Florida — packed with children, an hour to go before reaching Walt Disney World after a 1,100-kilometre trip from Louisiana. In Interstate 75's northbound lanes Thursday afternoon near Gainesville, another semi and a car smashed into each other, the Florida Highway Patrol says. A fifth car, unable to avoid the chaos, sped through, possibly hitting victims ejected from the vehicles, the highway patrol said. It is a busy stretch of a highway that connects Florida to the rest of the South, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Investigating guardrailThe Florida Department of Transportation's Troy Roberts said the agency is investigating whether the guardrail should have stopped the northbound crash from crossing the highway or whether the crash was too traumatic.

Source: CBC News January 04, 2019 15:56 UTC