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8 dead in chain-reaction crash on Indiana Toll Road

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(CNN) -- Eight people were killed Thursday in a chain-reaction crash on the Indiana Toll Road about 30 miles east of South Bend, state police said.

First Sgt. Brian Olehy said the accident occurred near Bristol, Indiana, around 6:45 a.m. when a tractor-trailer ran into the back of a passenger car in traffic that had slowed due to an earlier road incident.

That sparked an "accordion-style" crash involving four passenger vehicles and three tractor-trailers, Olehy said.

Two others were injured in the accident, one of them seriously, he added.

None of the truck drivers were seriously hurt, Olehy said.

Five of those killed were in the same car, he said. The westbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed in the aftermath of the crash.

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