( CNN ) -- Three people were killed and dozens were injured in a massive pileup on a highway in Virginia on Sunday , police said . A total of 95 vehicles were involved in 17 `` chain-reaction '' crashes in the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 , Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said . Twenty-five people were transported to hospitals for treatment , she said . The first calls to 911 came in at around 1:15 p.m. as fog engulfed the highway . Video from CNN affiliate WSLS showed traffic completely stopped as emergency personnel worked around burnt vehicles . Smoke rose from one , drifting up into the low clouds . The pileup occurred near the Virginia-North Carolina border . Read more about this story from CNN affiliate WSLS .
NEW : A total of 95 vehicles were involved in 17 `` chain-reaction '' crashes . 25 people were transported to hospitals , a police spokeswoman says . The series of crashes started as fog engulfed Interstate 77 , police say .