INDIANAPOLIS — A woman was killed in a crash on Interstate 465 on the northwest side of Indianapolis Thursday evening.
The crash happened around 6:40 p.m. Oct. 5 in the northbound lanes of the interstate, just south of West 86th Street.
Callers to 911 told dispatchers there were people trapped in vehicles and serious injuries at the scene.
Indianapolis firefighters responded and began extricating victims from the crash. Medics transported three adults to the hospital. An adult female was pronounced dead at the hospital, another adult female was hospitalized with serious injuries and the third patient, an adult male, suffered minor injuries.
All lanes of I-465 northbound were closed at the scene of the crash, and traffic was diverted onto 86th Street for more than four hours.
Investigators believe the driver of an SUV failed to stop for traffic that had backed up for an unknown reason and struck the rear of a passenger car that had stopped in the backup. State police said the woman who died and the two victims who were taken to the hospital were in the passenger car that was struck.
The crash caused a chain reaction that involved three other vehicles.
Police do not suspect drugs or alcohol as a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.