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21 car pile-up sends injured to hospital on Christmas

Posted at 9:43 AM, Dec 25, 2012
and last updated 2012-12-25 09:43:12-05

DEL CITY, Oklahoma (WTVR) -- An interstate in an Oklahoma City suburb has reopened after a massive pile-up shut down the highway for hours Christmas morning. 

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said I-40W was shut down for two miles in Del City, a suburb of Oklahoma City, after an accident involving over twenty vehicles.

KOCO-TV reported that 12 people were injured in the crash.

Officials said the victims were transported to area hospitals with  “non-life threatening" injuries. 

The roadway reopened around 8:15 a.m.

Read more on this story on KOCO.com.