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Truck crash closes I-70 nearly 4 hours

Updated: Wednesday, 01 Jun 2011, 12:56 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 01 Jun 2011, 7:07 AM EDT

By: Troy Kehoe

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - All westbound lanes of Interstate 70 were shut down for nearly four hours after two semitrailers collided overnight. The crash left one man seriously hurt and hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel on the roadway.

The accident happened just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday near the West Street exit, very close to Lucas Oil Stadium.

Indiana State Police say one of the semitrailers rear-ended the other one, causing extensive damage to the cab of the rear truck and to the trailer of the front truck.

“It was a high speed crash. The trucks were both moving in the middle lane. Witnesses said they were going approximately 65 miles per hour, though that’s not confirmed at this point. They had to extricate one of the drivers from the cab,” ISP Trooper Stephon Mason told 24 Hour News 8’s Troy Kehoe at the scene.

That driver was taken to Wishard Hospital with unknown injuries, though police said he was conscious as he was cut from the cab of the truck. The other driver wasn’t seriously hurt.

ISP says one of the trucks was registered in Wisconsin. The other truck was registered in Ohio.

Traffic was diverted off of I-70 at West Street for nearly four hours as hazmat crews worked to clean up the spilled fuel. It re-opened shortly before 6 a.m.

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