The Indiana State Police have identified the two victims of two multi-vehicle crashes on Interstate 70, Saturday morning.
Indiana State Police say the two crashes involved four semitrailers and five passenger vehicles have closed the westbound lanes of I-70 near Terre Haute, Saturday morning.
Indiana State Police Sgt. Matt Ames reports the first crash about 9:40 a.m. Saturday involved seven vehicles and claimed the life of 20 year old Morgan N. Johnson of Reelsville, Indiana. One other person was hospitalized.
Ames says that about two hours later, a semitrailer driver dropped a sandwich and, while bending to pick it up, didn’t see traffic backed up from the first crash and struck the rear of another semitrailer. Ames says that 45 year old April L. Robinson of Indianapolis, a passenger in the first semitrailer died when the cabs fuel lines ruptured, engulfing his cab in flames. A passenger in the other semitrailer was hospitalized with neck and back injuries.
