TRUMBULL COUNTY, Ohio -- A garbage truck crashed into an overpass Tuesday in northeast Ohio, killing one person and rupturing a gas line that forced homes to be evacuated.

A dispatcher with the Ohio State Highway Patrol said a truck crashed into the Niles-Vienna overpass in Vienna, rupturing a gas line, at 4:39 a.m. Two subsequent crashes occurred in the same area, killing one person.

State Route 11 north and south between Interstate 80 and state Route 82 was closed and was expected to remain closed for some time, the dispatcher said. Ohio Department of Transportation officials were at the scene determining if the bridge was structurally sound.

The truck hit the understructure of the bridge and gashed a natural gas line, said Fire Chief Rich Brannon of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department. Several other vehicles were involved in the crash.

The crash scene "looks like pickup sticks," Brannon said

Holes and bent beams in the bridge created potentially unsafe conditions because there are gas lines in it, officials with the Ohio Department of Transportation said.

It wasn't immediately clear how many people were evacuated. The gas was shut off and people were permitted to return to their homes.

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-Renee Cardelli, NEWS9