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Last updated on Sunday, September 4, 2016
(BLOOMINGTON) - A multi-vehicle crash on Ind. 37 sent 8 to hospitals, closed highway for several hours on Ind. 37 north of Bloomington Friday afternoon.
The Herald Times reports that eight of the 10 people involved in the crash were transported to hospitals by ambulances or police.
According to a preliminary report from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, a black sport utility vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-semitrailer rig traveling in a northbound lane. After the impact, the semi collided with five additional vehicles, sending a white colored passenger car into the southbound lanes of Ind. 37.
Two drivers who suffered the most serious injuries - one in the white passenger car and another in a tan passenger car - were cut out of their cars by firefighters.
The driver of the semi declined medical treatment at the scene and was taken by a deputy to IU Health Bloomington Hospital for a voluntary blood draw.
Police officers, firefighters and medics for several local department were sent to the scene of the crash on Ind. 37, just north of Sample Road, about 2:45 p.m. Friday.
All lanes of traffic reopened by 6:30 p.m., but police reported it was slow moving and that traffic was backed up in Morgan and Monroe counties.
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