(AP) Indiana State Police say two young children have died and a third has been critically injured after a semitrailer struck their family’s van up in Clay County.
Sgt. Joe Watts said a 1-year-old and a 5-year-old were killed in the crash Tuesday afternoon about 60 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Watts says the crash also left a 3-year-old critically injured and also injured their mother and the semitrailer driver.
Watts says traffic was slowing for construction when the semitrailer owned by a Canadian Transportation company and driven by a driver from Quebec, Canada struck the van and then collided with another semitrailer from URSA Logistics and driven by an Indianapolis man.
The names of the mother and children in the van were not released.
Indiana Department of Transportation says the westbound shut down at Brazil and traffic was rerouted to U.S. 40 for a time as authorities worked the crash site.
