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Wrong-way driver crash shuts northbound I-65 near Hobart for about 2½ hours
A wrong-way-driver crash on northbound I-65 near Hobart around 2 a.m. Monday left people with severe injuries, Indiana State Police said. The highway reopened by 4:30 a.m.; authorities had not released information on the injured people’s conditions.
Northbound Interstate 65 in Lake County reopened before dawn Monday after a crash involving a wrong-way driver that left people with severe injuries, Indiana State Police said.
The crash was reported around 2 a.m. on I-65 near Hobart, south of Ridge Road and north of 61st Avenue. The roadway was open again by 4:30 a.m., police said.
Authorities had not provided further details about the people who were injured or their conditions. Police also did not release information about what led to the wrong-way driving.