Louisville Metro Police said officers from the Fourth Division responded to a multi-vehicle collision on South I-65 near University Boulevard just after 5:30 am. When officers arrived, they discovered that at least five vehicles had been involved in an accident.

LMPD spokesman Aaron Ellis said the preliminary investigation and witness statements revealed two cars were involved in the initial collision on the freeway, and the drivers in both cars fled the scene. Ellis said one left on foot and the other is believed to have been picked up by another vehicle that was continuing south.

Ellis said three commercial dump trucks traveling south on I-65 approached the initial collision and, with little time to react, created a chain reaction crash. Ellis said a man driving one of the dump trucks was pulled from the vehicle by first responders and taken to U of L Hospital with serious injuries and was rushed into surgery.