Four people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 near Pueblo, Colorado, on Tuesday morning, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The accident, which involved at least 30 vehicles, including six semis, occurred in heavy winds that caused "brownout" conditions with low to no visibility for drivers, officials said. The crash happened just after 10 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-25 at mile marker 92, south of Pueblo Boulevard.
Investigators reported that the vehicles involved included passenger cars and some pulling horse trailers, with animals inside. The scene of the deadly crash was captured by CBS News. Pueblo is located approximately 40 miles south of Colorado Springs.
In other news, students wounded in a 2024 mass shooting at a Georgia high school testified in the murder trial of the alleged gunman's father on Tuesday. According to ABC News, the students recounted the horror they endured on September 4, 2024, at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, allegedly at the hands of the defendant's then 14-year-old son, Colt. "I was worried that I was going to die," one student told the court. Judge Nicholas Primm ordered the media not to show the students' faces during the televised trial.
Also on Tuesday, US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84, surrounded by relatives, according to a statement released by his family, as reported by BBC World. The family announced the passing of the "Honorable Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr," founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. His cause of death has not been released, but Jackson had been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy and was in hospital late last year. Tributes poured in for the prominent activist who twice ran to be Democrats' presidential nominee, including from former President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, an Arizona gun store owner told Fox News that an FBI agent asked him to review recent firearm purchases tied to a list of nearly two dozen people. Phillip Martin, co-owner of Armor Bearer Arms in Tucson, said the agent showed him three pages of photos and names, but no matches were found. The search for Nancy Guthrie continues into its third week.
Finally, young people are bearing the brunt of the UK's weak labor market, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as reported by BBC Business. Some 16.1% of people aged 16 to 24 are not able to find work, compared to a national unemployment figure of 5.1%. Businesses, particularly in sectors that traditionally gave young people their first jobs, like retail and hospitality, say higher costs are leading them to cut staff or not take on new hires. "The search is soul-destroying," said one young jobseeker.
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