30-Car Pileup on Maine Interstate Leaves 1 Seriously Injured, Several Hundred Stranded

Photo: Maine State Police Several hundred commuters were stranded on Interstate 95 in Carmel, Maine, due to a 30-car pileup Tuesday morning, theMaine State Police confirmed. “Initial reports say blinding sun may have caused the first crash about 7:45 AM, and then several other vehicles collided in a chain reaction,” police said in a statement to PEOPLE. Public information officer Stephen McCausland says 30 vehicles were involved in the crash itself, but several more were stuck behind the pileup.

30-Foot Tumbleweed Pileup Traps 5 Cars and a Semi-Truck on Washington Highway

Snowplow removing tumbleweed near Richland, Washington, on Dec. 31, 2019.Photo: Chris Thorson/AP/Shutterstock No one was hurt during the incident, which occurred on Tuesday night around 6:30 p.m. Pacific time. “They keep compacting and get really heavy and thick and they’re hard to move and you can’t just touch them with your bare hands,” Thorson explains, adding that tumbleweeds are “very prickly and sharp” and require wearing gloves to move them.

30-Hour-Old Newborn Baby Diagnosed with Coronavirus in Youngest Case Yet

Photo: Getty “This reminds us to pay attention to mother-to-child being a possible route of coronavirus transmission,” said Zeng Lingkong, the chief physician of Wuhan Children Hospital’s neonatal medicine department,according to Reuters. RELATED VIDEO: Shanghai Disneyland, Parts of the Great Wall of China Shut Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak There are now 28,353cases of coronavirus worldwide, with almost all occurring in mainland China. Chinese citizens also account for the majority of the deaths — 565 — with just two coming from outside mainland China, in Hong Kong and the Philippines.

30-Year-Old Columbia University Student Stabbed to Death While Walking Home from Soccer Practice

Columbia University.Photo: Barry Winiker/Getty A Columbia University graduate student hasdied after being stabbednear the school’s New York City campus on Thursday on his way home from soccer practice. Police say a second person was stabbed in the torso about 15 minutes later at 110th Street and Morningside Drive. He was taken to Mount Sinai-Saint Luke’s Hospital in stable condition. Pinkney was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, assault, attempted assault, and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, per police.

30-Year-Old Firefighter with ALS Works to Raise Awareness: 'You're Racing Against Time'

FirefighterEric Stevensis hoping to raise awareness for a debilitating and incurable disease with which he was diagnosed just one month after his wedding day. “You definitely don’t think about it, especially when you’re 29, and you just got married,” Stevens, of the Los Angeles Fire Department, toldKTLAthis week while seated next to his wife, Amanda Stevens. “What I’m thinking about is, what are we going to name our kid? Where are we going to move?