Pair of wrecks force I-65 closure - The Republic

Two wrecks that occurred within an hour of each other left Interstate 65 south of Seymour closed for about six hours Monday. Around 2 a. m. , Indiana State Police responded to a five-vehicle wreck with injuries in the northbound lanes about four miles south of Seymour. Trooper Jamey Sperle said that in the initial accident, a 2014 Freightliner with a flatbed trailer, driven by Rashon Vaughn, 31, of Birmingham, Alabama, was traveling north when it approached a slowed Toyota Prius, driven by Jack Bower, 25, of... Bower and a passenger, Anna Machalski, 24, of Chicago, were taken to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour with non-life-threatening injuries. With the interstate closed because of that wreck, a crash occurred in the northbound lanes about five miles south of Seymour in the backed-up traffic. Trooper Kyle Stovall said a 2012 Freightliner hauling a box trailer, driven by David Rankin, 58, of Watha, North Carolina, was stopped in traffic when a 1992 Chevrolet Lumina driven by Aaron Strotman, 26, of Indianapolis, struck the rear of the... Brian Wilson, Seymour and Crothersville police departments, Seymour and Crothersville-Vernon Township fire departments, Jackson County Emergency Medical Services, Indiana Department of Transportation, 31 Wrecker Service, Hampton Towing, Howard’s... Source: www.therepublic.com