Indiana State Police say two commercial vehicle drivers died late Monday night in a crash involving three semi-trucks on I-65 southbound, south of Austin in Scott County.
Two of the vehicles burst into flames.
Although the crash is still under investigation, the ISP’s preliminary investigation shows one semi-truck was stopped in traffic due to construction.
A short time later, a second southbound semi slowed to stop; however, a third southbound tractor-trailer failed to stop and collided with the second truck.
That collision, in turn, pushed the second truck into the trailer of the first truck.
Both the second and third trucks involved immediately caught fire after the crash.
The drivers in both the second and third tractors died at the scene, and a driver in the sleeper of the third truck was flown to University Hospital in Louisville with severe burn injuries.
No names have been released.
