PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — Authorities say multiple people are injured but no one has died in a mass pileup involving as many as 40 vehicles on a highway in Southeast Texas.
Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Department Deputy Rod Carroll says at least 10 ambulances have been dispatched to the scene of today’s collision on Highway 73 just west of Port Arthur, about 80 miles east of Houston.
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