As both vehicles approached a marked construction area near U.S. 68, the semi crashed into the back of the construction equipment. The semi then went across the median and was stopped by a cable barrier, the release said.
Bragg was seriously injured, and CareFlight transported him to Miami Valley Hospital, according to the OSHP. The driver of the construction equipment wasn’t injured.
OSHP said that I-70 was closed for only about 20 minutes, but that the crash, emergency medical response and removing the damaged vehicles caused a “major backup” on both the east- and westbound sides of the highway.
The traffic backup also was made worse, OSHP said, when an impaired driver caused a second crash in the traffic jam. Nobody was injured in this crash, the release said.
OSHP was assisted on scene by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
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