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

At least eight people are dead after a 71-vehicle pileup on Interstate 70 in Kansas during a dust storm on Friday. It took coordinated efforts from nearly every surrounding town and county more than 24 hours to reopen the highway in both directions between Colby and Goodland,

A young man from Salina is the first victim to be identified from the multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 70 during the dust storm on Friday.