One fatality in mutiple vehicle crash near Edinburgh

Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7:07 PM

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Johnson County deputies and Edinburgh Police Department officers responded to a crash on U.S. 31 at Orchard Lane just north of town. Initial reports were that multiple vehicles were involved, and several subjects were injured, with at least one seriously. When law enforcement and fire personnel arrived on the scene just before 8 p.m., they located a single occupant in one of the vehicles who was pronounced deceased at the scene. There was a pickup truck pulling a trailer that was involved in the crash, with no subjects injured. There was also a secondary crash where another car hit the trailer that had been involved in the initial crash and was still across the roadway. Two occupants from that vehicle were transported to the hospital for minor injuries. As of this report, the crash is still under investigation. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office reports there is no suspicion of impairment at this time.

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