ORLEANS - Indiana State Police say three people died when a steel coil fell from a truck and crushed two cars in Orange County in southern Indiana.
Trooper Bill Flick says a semi-trailer was hauling steel coils on state Highway 37 about 8:30 p.m. Monday when it rounded a curve and one of the coils came loose from the trailer and crushed the vehicles. He says the truck and cars didn't collide.
The accident took place about a mile north of Orleans.
Flick referred other questions, including the victims' identities, to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. A message seeking additional information was left with a dispatcher.
Flick says state police are assisting the Sheriff's Department with the investigation. Accident reconstructionists are on the scene, along with the ISP Motor Carrier Division.
