Multiple vehicles involved in crash on Interstate 64 near Interstate 265 Monday morning

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Multiple cars were involved in a crash shut down Interstate 64 eastbound near Interstate 265 on Monday morning.

Louisville Metro Police said in a statement that the crash happened just after 8:30 a.m.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found four vehicles including a commercial box truck that had been involved in a crash.

A preliminary investigation found that the commercial vehicle rear ended a passenger vehicle, and that impact caused a chain reaction involving two more cars.

Two people were taken by ambulance to area hospitals with what police believed were injuries that were not life-threatening. A third person at the scene refused treatment.

TRIMARC indicated all lanes of eastbound I-64 reopened just before 11 a.m.