YOUNGSTOWN - Drivers may want to avoid a stretch of Interstate 680 southbound during the Tuesday morning commute.

Youngstown Police are investigating a multi-vehicle accident at 8:45 a.m. near the Struthers exit ramp near Midlothian Boulevard.

Traffic was backed up in the area just before 9 a.m.

A man and a woman were taken away in ambulances.

21 News is working to learn if anyone was seriously injured.