Florida highway reopened following 43-car pileup

Traffic on a Florida highway was chaotic for about three hours due to 43 car pileup on Friday afternoon.

The huge chain-reaction collision took place just before 5 p.m. on the westbound lanes of state highway 408 near a toll plaza in Orlando.

One person was admitted to the hospital with minor injuries.

The highway was cleared and resumed just before 8 p.m., about three hours after the incident.

The cause of the pileup wasn’t known. The road was wet due to rainstorm.

Orlando Police Department investigated the incident.