All southbound lanes are closed on a section of Interstate 95 in Richmond due to a multi-vehicle crash on Thursday.

Interstate 95 North is closed in Groton because of a car crash involving a construction vehicle, according to the CT Department of Transportation. The highway is closed between exits 88 and 89, and traffic is being diverted off exit 88,

A vehicle crashed and caught on fire there at about 4:41 a.m., and one person was transported to a local hospital by EMS in critical condition.

All I-95 southbound lanes and the northbound left shoulder and left lane are closed near Bells Road at mile marker 71.5 due to a multi-vehicle crash, per VDOT.