QUARTZSITE, AZ : Woman killed in crash spawned by dust storm identified on Monday, 15th August, 2016

Authorities have identified an Arizona woman killed in one of five accidents involving 14 vehicles after a dust storm cut visibility to zero on Interstate 10 near the California border.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say 76-year-old Susan Bartholomew of Litchfield Park was declared dead at the scene of one of the accidents Monday afternoon east of Quartzsite.

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They say the car Bartholomew was driving was crushed between two commercial tractor-trailer rigs during zero-visibility conditions around 2:30 p.m.

DPS officials say troopers investigated three non-injury collisions involving eight vehicles, an injury collision involving three vehicles and a fatal collision involving three vehicles in a 2.5-hour span.

They say the freeway wasn't completely reopened until 7 p.m.

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Woman killed in crash spawned by dust storm identified