Traffic pileup kills 8 near work site
A tractor-trailer slammed into vehicles that had slowed for a construction project near Bristol, starting a pileup that killed eight people and injured two others, police said.
Five people in a pickup truck were among the dead. Four of them were Amish residents of nearby LaGrange County, Bristol Fire Chief William Dempster said.
“There are thousands of people that travel these roads every day. All it takes is one person not paying attention for a split second to cause these accidents,” said state police Sgt. Trent Smith.
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