CRESTVIEW — A two-vehicle crash at State Road 85 and P.J. Adams Parkway has traffic snarled at the south end of Crestview, where at least one of the involved vehicles struck a utility pole and knocked it down.
Crestview Police Department spokesman Cmdr. Andrew Schneider said city police and the Florida Highway Patrol are investigating the scene.
Two people are hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Schneider said.
Due to tie-ups in both directions, southbound S.R. 85 traffic is being routed up John King Road to Live Oak Church Road and northbound traffic is being detoured onto Live Oak Church to John King.
“We have quite a traffic issue there,” Schneider said. “There are some power lines down so we’re asking people to avoid the area until we can get the lines cleared out of the way.”
The accident occurred around 11:15 a.m.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: 2 injured in crash, traffic backed up in southern Crestview