HOUSTON (FOX 26) -
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has released the 911 calls from frantic drivers involved in that 150-plus pileup on I-10 on Thanksgiving Day morning.
Caller 4: They have a major accident over ( ) Lake. Cars, 18 wheelers, and everything. I don't know where we are. The fog is thick. Everything is … everybody is just piling up.
Operator: Okay, we got many units en route, okay. We got ambulances and …
Caller 4: Oh my god. Oh my god.
Operator: Okay, stay in your car. Stay your car.
Caller 4: Oh no, I'm in the field right now. People are just … everything, everywhere."
Caller 5: Please get on I-10.
Operator: Maam, we got them coming, okay?
Caller 5: They're still hitting.
Operator: Yes maam. We got them coming.
Caller 5: Oh, the … (crying)
Operator: Maam, maam, they're en route, okay?
Caller 5: Okay.
A couple from Pearland died in the pileup.
The Department of Public Safety blames the accident on foggy conditions.
