Clark County — Two crashes within minutes of each other shut down Interstate 70 for hours Saturday evening.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11, a motorcyclist struck a deer just before 6 p.m., which resulted in the closing of I-70.
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The second crash happened minutes later, two miles down from the scene of the first crash. Three cars were involved in the crash, but troopers couldn’t say who was hurt or how severely.
Drivers couldn’t go anywhere until crews cleared the wreckage from the scene.
Heather Gutierrez was one of hundreds of people stuck in traffic.
“We were trying to figure out what’s going on,” Gutierrez said.
Gutierrez says she was in the middle of running errands when everything came to a standstill.
“I actually am on my way to Sam’s for a pickup order,” Gutierrez said.
Troopers on scene told News Center 7 that the motorcyclist was taken to Mercy Health Enon Primary Care, and then taken by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital.
“Prayers for him. Hopefully everything’s okay,” Gutierrez said.
Gutierrez says she’s noticed a lot of crashes on this part of the highway.
“This exit has been pretty bad lately with accidents and stuff,” Gutierrez said. “I don’t think it’s the motorcycles, you know. So that was nothing he could prevent.”
Gutierrez says she will be trying to avoid this area.
“I will probably take Route 4 from now on,” Gutierrez said.
News Center 7 is working to learn the condition of the people involved in the crashes.
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