JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. -The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the White River Fire Department were dispatched to a serious automobile accident involving multiple vehicles and a semi-tractor trailer on Tuesday morning. The accident took place on State Road 69, south of Smith Valley Road, near the northbound lanes.
Three people were transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and one person was listed in serious condition.
State Road 69 was closed temporarily for northbound traffic from State Road 144 to Smith Valley Road. Traffic was also backed up for southbound traffic. Northbound will be closed for an undetermined amount of time as the accident is being investigated and cleaned up.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office asks that people avoid the area.