3 people injured, taken to hospital, after two tractor-trailers and two vehicles collide on the Poplar Street Bridge on I-90 in St. Louis.
Poplar Street Bridge shuts down after semi truck, 2 vehicles collide.
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Drivers who use the Poplar Street Bridge to get into downtown St. Louis were being urged to use an alternate route after a tractor-trailer and two vehicles were involved in a wreck Thursday morning.
The wreck happened on Interstate 64 westbound at Interstate 70 around 5 a.m.
Police say one person had to be cut out of their vehicle. Three people were transported to the hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
All westbound lanes of I-64 were closed at I-55 until the scene was cleared around 7:10 a.m.
Traffic at one point was diverted to the MLK, Eads and Stan Musial Veterans Memorial bridges.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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