MARTINS FERRY — Traffic was backed up on Ohio 7 at Martins Ferry for about an hour Thursday evening due to an accident involving multiple cars, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Reports of one car catching fire were also confirmed.

Trooper Tyler Burd said one of the drivers suffered a minor injury.

“Another motorist hit a deer, and in the process that kind of stopped traffic for a bit,” he said. “Another vehicle rear-ended a pickup, which pushed the pickup into the SUV. It was a three-car accident.”

Burd said Ohio 7 was closed until the accident was cleaned up.

“One vehicle caught on fire,” he said. “It was an Oldsmobile Alero that rear-ended a Ram pickup. The Ram pickup got pushed into the Ford Explorer.”

He said the car that hit the deer was not involved.

“Two vehicles were stopped and the third rear-ended,” Burd said, adding the fire began in one car’s engine compartment. “It sustained heavy front-end damage. It hit the back of the pickup, she kind of went under it.”

He added that the driver with the injury was “sore” and “shaken up.”

He said the at-fault driver will be cited for failure to assure clear distance ahead.