Indiana State Police responded to serious crash in the southbound lanes of I-69 just north of 96th Street, before 4pm Thursday.

Troopers were responding to a report that a motorcycle had hit the back of a truck and the occupants were lying in the roadway. When first responders arrived they found two adults severely injured, one of them was unconscious. The two victims were transported by ambulance to a local hospital.

Here is how State Police described what happened:

“Preliminary investigation at the scene determined a white pick-up truck had slowed to a stop due to stopping traffic, a motorcycle crashed into the back of the pick-up truck ejecting both occupants off the motorcycle onto the roadway, they were wearing helmets. The driver of the pick-up truck was not injured.”

The crash caused several lanes of I-69 to be closed for approximately three hours while the crash was investigated. The circumstances of this crash are under investigation