7th victim in deadly Fla. highway crash identified

Published 10:13 am Tuesday, January 31, 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida officials say a Gainesville woman died in an interstate pileup over the weekend that was blamed on poor visibility.

The Florida Highway Patrol has now identified seven people killed in the crash. They’re still trying to identify three victims.

Patrol spokesman Lt. Pat Riordan said Tuesday that 27-year-old Christie Diana Nguyen was among the 10 deaths from the pileup on Interstate 75. She was a passenger in a car that crashed.

A dozen cars, six tractor-trailers and a motorhome collided early Sunday shortly after authorities reopened I-75.

It had been closed for more than three hours due to poor visibility because of fog and smoke from a nearby fire.

At least 18 survivors were taken to hospitals.