2 hurt in multi-semi crash
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Traffic is traffic is back to normal after a deadly crash on interstate 70 this afternoon.
Meanwhile... we have new information about another crash on i-70 this morning.
Good evening and thank you for joining us for news 10 nightwatch.
Earlier on news 10... we told you 1-person died in a car versus semi crash on interstate 70.
Investigators are now say that person's name will not be released until tomorrow.
The deadly crash happened about a mile away from the indiana - illinois state line around 2 this afternoon.
We spoke with indiana state police sargeant matt ames.
He says a jeep rear-ended a semi.
That jeep then got stuck under the semi.
Sergeant ames says the semi-driver was slowing down because of traffic that was backed up from an earlier accident in illinois.
Ames confirms the driver of the jeep died.
The semi-driver was not hurt.
An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Police are not releasing the victim's name until that autopsy is complete.
We also have some new details about that initial crash on interstate-70 in illinois earlier this morning.
It's the crash that caused trafffic to be backed up into indiana this afternoon.
It happened just before 5 this morning about a mile east of marshall, illinois.
According to illinois state police... it involved 3-semis.
Police say one of them flipped and lost all the items it was hauling.
That's when police say 2-other semis hit the first one.
Those 2-drivers were taken to the hospital.
The first driver is now facing several charges including improper lane usage... operating a moter vehicle without a c-d-l... not having a log book or medical certificate... and not complying