2 dead, 5 injured after vehicle crash in Huntsville

Two people were killed and five others injured after a three-vehicle crash on Saturday morning in Huntsville, Alabama.

Officials attended the scene after 2:30 a.m. at the eastbound interchange between I-565 and U.S. 72.

A vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes on I-565 may have caused the crash.

The wrong-way driver first hit a vehicle, killing a passenger in the vehicle it struck. After striking the first vehicle, the driver then hit a second vehicle, resulting in the death of the person in second vehicle.

The identities of the victims were not released as of yet.

Huntsville Police Department is investigating the crash.