Truck crash closes I-65 lanes for almost three hours

A two semi crash on Interstate 65 last night tied up southbound traffic for more than six hours between the Columbus and Walesboro exits.

According to police reports from the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, a semi driven by 26-year-old Austin Pounds of Odessa, Texas, struck the rear of another tractor-trailer driven by 51-year-old Lee Moore of College Park, Georgia at about 7:04 p.m. near the 61 mile marker.

Traffic was shut down to one lane for about three hours and then completely closed from 10 p.m. to almost 1 a.m. to remove the wreckage and debris.

No one was injured.