Two people needed to be airlifted to hospitals after a sequence of crashes on an Indiana freeway close to Hammond on Saturday morning.

According to Indiana State Police, the crashes occurred close to the Kennedy Avenue exit in Hammond. At roughly 4 a.m., a car struck an arrow-board signal that was on the appropriate shoulder, warning drivers of a lane shift within the roadway.

That signal then landed within the lanes of journey, police mentioned.

A car swerving to keep away from the signal crashed their car and was pinned inside the minivan, police mentioned. After they had been extricated, they had been airlifted to a Chicago hospital with life-threatening accidents.

A second driver was additionally airlifted after they crashed their pickup truck through the collisions that adopted. That driver was transported to a different hospital with severe accidents.

Police in the end decided {that a} 33-year-old girl had struck the signal, and confirmed indicators of impairment on the scene. She consented to a blood draw, with outcomes pending presently.

The suspect, a Calumet Park, Illinois resident, was taken to Lake County Jail. She faces felony prices of working a car whereas intoxicated and inflicting severe damage, together with a number of different misdemeanors.

No additional info was accessible.