I-69 SB reopens after semi crash near Marion
LATEST: Indiana Department of Transportation reported shortly before 2:45 p.m. Tuesday that the southbound lanes of I-69 had reopened.
MARION, Ind. (WISH) — A crash involving an overturned semitruck has closed all southbound lanes of Interstate 69 in Grant County, state police say.
Southbound traffic was being diverted around the crash using the on/off-ramps at the Marion exit, according to a tweet by Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Stephen Glass.
The closure extends from County Road West 1000 South and State Road 5 north of Marion, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation.
A traffic camera showed a burned, blackened semitruck on its side across both southbound lanes of the interstate. Multiple fire trucks and police vehicles were at the scene.
The truck driver was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, Sgt. Glass confirms to News 8.
The cause of the crash was undetermined.
Drivers should avoid the area and seek alternate routes.