New Castle, IN : Three people injured after a Five vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near the Knightstown exit Sunday afternoon, July 31, 2016

A five-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near the Knightstown exit sent three people to the hospital Sunday afternoon.

Around 1:30 p.m., Indiana State Police troopers arrived at the accident scene in a construction zone near the Ind. 109 overpass, according to an ISP press release. Four semis and a Dodge pickup truck were involved.

A preliminary investigation indicated that a semi driven by Jo Edison Young, 47, Lucerne Valley, California, was driving in the right lane too fast for existing traffic conditions as he approached the left lane closure, the press release said. Young ran into and underneath a box trailer being pulled by a freightliner, operated by William Brown, 30, Cambridge, Ohio. Brown and other traffic were stopped at the time at the lane merge.

That impact pushed Brown’s semi into and partially under the box trailer of a freightliner driven by Robert Campbell, 62, Worth, Illinois, who was then pushed forward into a flatbed semi driven by Amos Fisher, 26, Honey Grove, Pennsylvania. Fisher’s semi was then pushed forward, rear-ending a Dodge pickup driven by Shaun Creamer, 48, Kenton, Ohio.

Young, who had to be extricated, was flown by medical helicopter to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis with unknown injuries. Brown was taken by ambulance to Henry County Hospital with non- life threatening injuries. Campbell was taken to Hancock County Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Fisher and Creamer were not injured.

The accident resulted in eastbound traffic being re-directed up and over the Knightstown exit until after 5 p.m. An investigation remains underway. Agencies assisting ISP at the scene included the Henry County Sheriff’s Department and the Knightstown Fire Department.

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Five vehicle crash sends three to hospital