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A crash on westbound Interstate 540 in Raleigh Monday morning sent two drivers to a local hospital and backed up traffic for more than 10 miles during the morning commute.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the crash happened about 6:30 a.m. near the Leesville Road exit when the driver of a pickup truck hit a Dodge Challenger, causing it to sideswipe a tractor-trailer.

A Toyota Prius then hit the rear of the tractor-trailer, which had stopped in a lane of travel and had its hazard lights on.