840am -- A ten-mile stretch of Interstate 65 in northwest Indiana remains closed and will likely for closed for some time today. We're told multiple helicopters, injured being taken from accident scene on I-65 near Demotte/Roselawn exit, also we have word of one confirmed fatality from Jasper County Coroner Andy Boersma. Several vehicles are involved, possibly upwards of twelve or more. Unknown at this time if the situation involved one or multiple separate accidents. We've been told smoke from a fire in the vicinity hampered visibility in the vicinity. Indiana State Police say expect lane closures for much of the day.

8 AM -- Indiana State Police Lowell District say both directions of I-65 are shut down this morning, specifically... the northbound lanes are closed at mile marker 220, the southbound lanes lanes at mile marker 230. This is near the Demotte/Roselawn exit.  Police say there's an accident between those two points, plus visibility is hampered by fog and smoke from a nearby fire. The accident is in the northbound lanes, near mile marker 227.

Fire crews in the Demotte area are reportedly responding to a smoldering hay fire a couple miles east of the interstate.

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