LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Two people were rushed to the hospital after a wrong-way crash early Saturday morning on Interstate 65.Â
The crash occurred just before 4:30 a.m. on I-65 north between South Preston Street and Eastern Parkway, according to LMPD spokesman Aaron Ellis.Â
Police believe a female was driving southbound in the northbound lanes when she struck another car head-on. Police are not sure where she got on the interstate.Â
A rescue team was called to the scene to rescue the female driver from the crash.
The female, and a male in the other vehicle were rushed to University of Louisville Hospital with "serious but non-life threatening injuries," Ellis said.Â
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The crash shut down I-65 for approximately two hours while crews worked to clear the scene, Ellis said.Â
LMPD Fourth Division officers are investigating if weather or other factors played a role in the crash.Â
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