Wreck on Dam B Bridge injures 3 and closes bridge for hours

Three people are reported to have been injured in a three-vehicle auto crash that occurred on Sunday evening on the Highway 190 bridge crossing Dam B between Jasper and Woodville. The crash involving an eighteen wheeled tractor trailer truck and two cars occurred shortly before 9:00 on the two-lane section of the highway. Firemen, police and other emergency crews from both sides of the river, including the Beech Grove Fire Department were dispatched to the scene to assist. Complete details and what happened is not known, but one of the injured was flown direct from the scene to a hospital. The other injured were transported by ambulance. The section of Highway 190 and the bridge was closed until just before midnight, while the wreckage and debris were being cleared from the roadway.