Three injured in crash on I-495 in Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del. - March 26, 2012 (WPVI) -- Three people had to be rescued from a car after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-495 in Wilmington, Delaware.

The wreck happened around 4:00 a.m. Monday on northbound I-495, just south of the Christiana River Bridge.

Police say a jack-knifed tractor-trailer collided with a car, trapping the occupants of the car inside the vehicle.

The victims were extricated and transported to the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

As a result of the crash, the northbound lanes of I-495 were closed between Terminal Avenue and 12th Street for a time while police conducted the investigation.

The highway has since been reopened to traffic.

The crash remains under investigation.

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