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\nInterstate 64 remained closed into the evening commute on Wednesday after a fiery crash before dawn in the eastbound lanes near the Cochran Hill Tunnels. <\/p>\n
\nInterstate 64 remained closed into the evening commute on Wednesday after a fiery crash before dawn in the eastbound lanes near the Cochran Hill Tunnels. <\/p>\n
One person was killed after five vehicles crashed and caught fire on the interstate. <\/p>\n
MetroSafe advised by late afternoon that it would be “several more hours” before the I-64 corridor would reopen. <\/p>\n
Heavy equipment worked much of the day removing debris around the heavily charred trucks. <\/p>\n
Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell said Louisville Metro Police Department 5th Division officers along with Louisville Fire Department responded to a call of a multi-vehicle collision on I-64 at the end of the tunnels around 5:30 a.m. <\/p>\n
Officials said the collision involved five vehicles including two semi-trucks, a garbage truck and two passenger vehicles.<\/p>\n
Mitchell said it is unclear why the vehicles collided with one another causing all the vehicles to catch fire.<\/p>\n
One of the drivers in a semi-truck died at the scene.<\/p>\n
The drivers of the passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were transported to nearby hospitals with what police said were injuries not considered life-threatening. <\/p>\n
The driver of the second semi-truck was not injured.<\/p>\n
LMPD’s Traffic Unit is handling the investigation.
\nSource: WDRB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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