Dust storms have proven deadly to motorists across the U.S. for years. Authorities say a dust storm last week reduced visibility to nearly zero on Interstate 70 in western Kansas.

The family, Edward and his pregnant wife Skylar, children Hailey and Luciano and their dog, Mochi, drove into the dust in Sherman County, Kansas, and crashed into a pileup that involved 71 vehicles, killed eight people and injured others.

A Barrington native who was on her way back to visit family in the suburbs said it's a miracle she and her partner survived being caught in a Kansas dust storm highway pileup involving more than 70 vehicles.