Norwich — Vermont State Police have closed Interstate 91 southbound at Exit 13 due to a “serious accident.”

Police sent out the alert at 6:19 p.m.

The Norwich exit connects with Route 5.

Posted at 6:25 p.m. 

Update: Two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash on Thursday evening in which a pickup truck drove north in the southbound lane of Interstate 91 in Hartford, Vermont State Police said. Click here to read more.