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Toilets Cause Interstate Pileup, Injure 5
7 Cars Involved In Crash
POSTED: 1:17 pm EDT October 1, 2007
UPDATED: 1:45 pm EDT October 1, 2007
SELLERSBURG, Ind. -- Five people were injured Monday in an interstate pileup that began when two portable toilets fell from a flatbed trailer in southern Indiana.A vehicle driven by Thomas Kozenski of Indianapolis struck one of the toilets, causing a chain reaction that involved seven cars, Indiana State Police said.The crash occurred at about 6:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 65 near the Indiana-Kentucky state line.Police said none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.Four of the injured people are from Gary. The other injured person is from Kentucky.Police said the toilets fell off a trailer behind a Rumpke Sanitation truck.
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