Three people killed in crash on Indiana Toll Road

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind., --- A crash on the Indiana Toll Road Sunday evening claimed three lives and injured two others.

Indiana State Police Dispatch said around 7:55 p.m., they received reports about a serious accident near mile marker 67.6 involving two vehicles, blocking the eastbound lanes.

The preliminary investigation from ISP stated a white SUV traveling westbound struck a deer then crossed over the center median and collided with a black Ford pickup truck that was traveling eastbound.

Both the driver and the passenger of the white SUV died at the scene of the crash.

The front seat passenger of the Ford pickup also died at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the pickup and the backseat passenger were transported to Memorial Hospital in South Bend with serious injuries.

The fatal accident is still under investigation.