One person is dead after a chain-reaction crash in Indiana over the weekend.
The accident happened on May 27th in Hendricks County along eastbound Interstate 70 near Old State Road 267 west of Indianapolis.
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An Indiana State Police spokesperson reports that “traffic was backed up from a minor crash on the side of the interstate just west of the crash scene. As traffic backed up, the driver of a semi-tractor trailer failed to stop in time and hit the back of stopped traffic. Two vehicles rolled over and several other vehicles received heavy damage.”
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One person died in the accident and two were taken to a hospital with non life threatening injuries, reported WTHR 13 News.
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The series of crashes caused one vehicle to catch fire and closed the eastbound lanes of the highway for nearly six hours. No further information has been released.