A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 southwest of Indianapolis Wednesday morning killed three people.
The crash happened at about 7 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-70 at State Road 267 near Plainfield, 6News' Julie Pursley reported.
Police said a pickup truck caught fire after being smashed between a United Armored Services van and an SUV.
The driver of the pickup and two people in the armored van died. The men in the van were identified as James Hogue, 61, of Franklin and Donald Tipton, 64, of Indianapolis. The driver of the pickup truck was not immediately identified. Investigators said dental records will have to be used to identify that person.
Jason R. York, 35, his wife Christina C. York, 30, and their two children in the SUV were injured.
"The information we have from the driver of the gold GMC is that he and the pickup truck were both eastbound on 70 and as they were in the left lane, the currency transport vehicle crossed from the eastbound lane into the westbound lane," said Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten. "Our understanding is that both the driver of the GMC and the driver of the pickup truck both applied their brakes and, in essence, the pickup truck was sandwiched between the transport vehicle and the GMC."
Traffic was at a standstill on the interstate until trucks and cars could be diverted away from the crash scene.
As police investigated, firefighters and cleanup crews removed debris that scattered across the road, including bills and coins from the armored van.
"There's been a substantial amount of money spilled on the roadway. That's part of the cleanup process," Bursten said.
Eastbound lanes reopened just after 10:30 a.m.
