“We are the lucky ones,” Schmitz said. “The fact that we’re alive and we were able to basically walk away from what should have been a fatal accident. I mean, we’re just so lucky and grateful because so many people weren’t that lucky.”

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Saturday that eight people died in an interstate pile-up after a dust storm caused a 55-car pile-up.

Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed at least eight people are dead after a pileup on Interstate 70 near Goodland. The crash involved more than 70 vehicles. After more than 24 hours, both West and Eastbound lanes of I-70 between Colby and Goodland are now open.