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2 dead, 5 hospitalized in Indiana Toll Road pileup crash

A sign designating a ramp onto the Indiana Toll Road in September 2019 near South Bend. (Photo Provided/Google Street View)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Police say two people have died and five others have been hospitalized after a crash on the Indiana Toll Road involving five passenger vehicles and a semitrailer.

Police say the crash occurred around 3 p.m. Wednesday just west of South Bend and closed all eastbound lanes.

Police say one vehicle caught fire.

The toll road tweeted around 8:30 p.m. that all lanes had been reopened. The toll road is part of Interstates 80-90.