State Police are currently investigating the cause of the crash.

The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department, Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad and State Police responded to the bridge by the Second Pond state boat launch at 4:54 p.m. Traffic on both lanes was shut down, and cars were turned around to take a detour route. The Tupper Lake Volunteer Fire Department shut down the highway from Panther Mountain Road, and the Saranac Lake Police Department shut it down from Edgewood Road.

At the bridge, a white Volkswagon GTI, gray Toyota Tacoma and gray Buick Enclave all had smashed fronts and twisted tires.

SLVFD Chief Brendan Keogh said there was a “minor entrapment” in the Enclave, which required members to pop a door open to retrieve one of the people involved.

A passenger in this gray Buick Enclave involved in the crash needed extraction from the car, according to Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brendan Keogh. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)

Ambulances left the scene shortly after 5 p.m., cars on the Saranac Lake side finished turning around at approximately 5:30 p.m., and members were back in service at 6:37 p.m.

Cars were turned around at the Second Pond boat launch bridge after a three-car collision Monday. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)