Crowley Police and fire report that a major accident occurred on I-10 westbound near Exit 80, Saturday morning. A SUV collided with a semi trailer truck and another vehicle and was reported the reason for the destruction.
All lanes are now open, but westbound lanes of I-10 were closed for personnel vehicles at around 8 A.M until 11:19 A.M.
They say one person was ejected and two were extracted and another also in critical condition. One person involved in the accident was a child under the age of two.
All parties involved, except the driver of an 18-wheeler, are in critical condition at present, Chief Broussard with Crowley Police Department tells KATC.
An SUV traveling eastbound during the morning hours had allegedly clipped an semi trailer truck, police say. The semi then went into the median and the SUV spun out into the median and allegedly collided with a vehicle in the westbound lane.
Four people involved are receiving medical care at local hospitals at this time.
The driver of the 18 wheeler was checked on, but police say seemed shook up.
Toxicology report for the driver of the SUV is now pending.
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