BEDFORD, Va. – Multiple people were injured in a crash in Bedford Thursday afternoon.
According to the Bedford Fire Department, units were dispatched at 4:46 p.m. to Independence Boulevard and arrived to the scene to find a five-vehicle accident with multiple injuries and one entrapment.
Crews began the extrication process and were able to remove the entrapped individual.
The Bedford Fire Department said there were two injured, with one in critical condition transported to the hospital by EMS.
“Most of Independence Boulevard is 45 mph then it comes down to a 30-35 mph area. We do not normally see any accidents to this magnitude in the town, but we have seen two other accidents on Independence Boulevard in the past year,” Bedford Fire Chief Todd Stone said.