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1 dead, 9 injured in fog-induced crashes

Published: Aug. 18, 2012 at 5:49 PM

RENSSELAER, Ind., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- One person was killed and another nine injured Saturday in three separate crashes caused by fog and smoke on I-65 in Indiana, police said.

At least 20 vehicles were involved in the crashes around 7 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reported.

One crash in the northbound lanes of I-65 near mile post 227 involved 12 vehicles, killing one person and injuring six others, Indiana State Police Sgt. Dan Leslie said.

A second crash involving six vehicles and a third crash involving two vehicles in the southbound lanes left three people with non-life-threatening injuries, the newspaper said.

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