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10 killed in I-75 crash near Gainesville

  • Officials work at the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on Interstate 75 at Paynes Prairie on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, south of Gainesville, Fla. Matt Stamey / Gainesville Sun

  • State Troopers survey damage to a Toyota Matrix at the site of a series of accidents on Interstate 75 just south of Gainesville Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Brett Le Blanc / Independent Florida Alligator

  • An Alachua County Fire Rescue worker sprays down the wreckage of a semitrailer on Interstate 75 Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, near Gainesville. The semitrailer was involved in a wreck around 4 a.m. that claimed at least 10 lives. Brett Le Blanc / Independent Florida Alligator

  • The burnt frame of a semitrailer sits on Interstate 75 near Gainesville Sunday afternoon. The vehicle was involved in a accident early Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, that claimed at least 10 lives. Brett Le Blanc / Independent Florida Alligator

  • An Alachua County Fire Rescue worker carries a hose through the wreckage of a semitrailer involved the southbound accident on Interstate 75 near Gainesville Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Brett Le Blanc / Independent Florida Alligator

  • Wrecked vehicles sit along the road at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. Phil Sandlin / AP

  • Officials work at the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on Interstate 75 at Paynes Prairie on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, south of Gainesville, Fla. Matt Stamey / Gainesville Sun

  • Burnt pages of Stephen E. Langer's book, "Solved: The Riddle of Illness" lie on the ground at the site of the Interstate 75 wreck that claimed at least 10 lives early Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, near Gainesville. Brett Le Blanc / Independent Florida Alligator