Robert Young Jr., 65, seriously injured and taken to hospital with four others after pileup involving three semi-trucks on I-65 near Columbus, IN
Modified Date:
Mon, 10/02/2023 - 7:31amAccident Date:
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Five people hurt in multi-vehicle crash on I-65 in Bartholomew County(link is external)
A crash involving five vehicles closed southbound I-65 south of Columbus for nearly three hours Thursday night.
5-vehicle crash shuts I-65 near Columbus for hours(link is external)
ISP said the southbound lanes of I-65 closed for around three hours to clear the crash. A roving construction crew was making repairs to the road around 2:30 a.m.
At about 9:20 p.m., a southbound semi-truck on I-65 driven by Robert Young Jr., 65, rear-ended a pickup truck driven by Richard Blum, which initiated a chain-reaction crash. Blum's pickup truck was propelled into the rear of a sedan driven by Erin Murphy, 23, which was then pushed and pinned underneath the back of a semi-truck driven by Azrikam Yisrael, 64.
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Type: Truck Accident
People Involved:
Robert Young Jr.
Richard Blum
Erin Murphy
Azrikam Yisrael
Linda Blum
Roadway:
I-65City:
Columbus, INCounty:
Bartholomew County, INArea:
Indianapolis, IN
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