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 automobile struck an arrow-board signal that was on the best shoulder, warning drivers of a lane shift within the roadway.

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

A automobile swerving to keep away from the signal crashed their automobile and was pinned within 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 critical accidents.

Police finally 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 right now.

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

No additional info was out there.