INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An accident that sent a semitruck over an embankment in Wayne County has forced police to shut down part of westbound I-70 near Richmond.
The crash happened near mile marker 150.8 around 11:45 p.m. Monday. The semitruck involved in the crash was still on the embankment, partially submerged in water, at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
All lanes of westbound I-70 are closed between U.S. 37 and Union Pike Road, the Indiana Department of Transportation says.
Drivers are being detoured off the interstate at State Road 227.
Police have not said when the road will reopen.
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