A seven-vehicle crash shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday on Interstate 75 has blocked two of the three northbound lanes near Mile Marker 187, according to a report from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
Only the right lane was initially open.
FHP has since shut down I-75 northbound at Mile Marker 184 so a passenger could be extricated and flown away by helicopter.
North Port Fire Rescue, Sarasota Sheriff’s and Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene.
According to a social media post from North Port Fire Rescue, three people were injured.
Trauma alert crews had an extended extrication from one of the vehicles.
The location is in unincorporated Sarasota County, south of River Road and north of Sumter Boulevard, in the vicinity of Deer Prairie Creek Preserve.
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: 7 vehicle crash on I-75 near MM 187 closes all but one northbound lane
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