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Police investigate crash with injuries on Timuquana Road in Jacksonville

The crash happened at Roosevelt Boulevard and Timuquana Road and five vehicles were affected in the crash. 

Jacksonville police are responding to a crash with injuries that involved children on Monday evening.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office sent out an alert just before 9 p.m. saying all southbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard were closed at Timuquana Road because of the accident.

A witness said she saw children taken to the ambulance.

A witness said a vehicle southbound on Roosevelt Boulevard hit a vehicle waiting at a redlight. That car then pushed the car in front of it, creating a domino effect.

A total of five cars were affected, the witness said.

The driver has been detained in a suspected DUI situation, according to JSO officers at the scene.