Overview
- Indiana State Police said the chain-reaction crash happened on westbound I-70 near the 15-mile marker just outside Terre Haute and shut the westbound lanes for an estimated six hours.
- Officials initially counted about 20 to 30 vehicles and reported no major injuries, while later local reports cited roughly 45 vehicles and about a dozen people with minor injuries taken to hospitals.
- Traffic cameras showed cars and trucks scattered across the roadway and into the grass, and eastbound lanes saw multiple slide-offs tied to the same conditions.
- The National Weather Service kept a winter weather advisory in effect through Sunday morning, forecasting 1 to 4 inches of snow with wind gusts up to 35 mph.
- Public safety agencies across central Indiana warned against non-essential travel as crashes mounted, with one local tally reporting more than 130 collisions in 24 hours.