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27 injured after double-decker bus carrying 70 rolls on I-65 in Seymour, IN; adverse weather a likely contributor

Date:

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Area:

At about 5:30am, a double-decker bus operated by Megabus was traveling on I-65 when it veered off the roadway and rolled onto it's side. Of the 70 people on the bus, 27 sustained minor injuries and were treated at the local Schneck Medical Center, though one pregnant woman who suffered a cut to the head was taken to a hospital in Indianapolis. Though investigation is ongoing, it is believed that weather, including flurries and wind, played a role in this crash.

James McHugh Jr., 58, dead after crash with tractor trailer driven by Richard Gavin, 52, on I-65 near State Road 11 in Jackson County, Indiana

Date:

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Area:

Louisville, KY

One person has died in a crash on I-65 southbound at State Road 11 north of Seymour in Jackson County. The accident involved a motorcyclist, James McHugh Jr., 58 of Prospect Heights, Illinois who died after hitting a tractor-trailer operated by Richard E. Gavin, 52 of Gainesville, Fla.

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Joe Steelman, 76, dead after striking guardrail off of I-65 in Limestone County, AL

Date:

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Area:

Huntsville-Decatur, AL

At about 9:00am on Tuesday, Joe Steelman, 76, departed I-65, struck a guardrail, and died. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Scotty Eaves, 74, killed after crash on I-65 in Birmingham, AL

Date:

Friday, September 26, 2014

Area:

Birmingham, AL

Police believe that Eaves may have experienced a medical emergency while driving, causing him to lose control and crash.

State Trooper Sam Shacklette in stable condition after being hit by SUV driven by Louis Edward Dunn, 43, in Bullitt County, Kentucky

Date:

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Area:

Louisville, KY

A Kentucky State Police trooper is recuperating after he was struck by a motorist during a traffic stop on Interstate 65. Sam Shacklette was taken to University Of Louisville Hospital with non-life threatening injuries Saturday night. No one else was hurt.

Man driving SUV was killed in collision with semi truck and had BAC of .29 in Tippecanoe county, IN

Date:

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Area:

Lafayette, IN

The SUV driver who was killed had a BAC of .29. Officials say that alcohol was a likely reason for the accident.

Eric Lee Knight, 34, killed, and Abigail McCormick, 27, and Gregory Crabtree Jr., 45, injured in motorcycle crash on I-65 in Madison on July 5.

Date:

Friday, July 4, 2014

Area:

Nashville, TN

Metro police have identified the victims involved in a deadly crash along I-65 northbound in Madison Saturday evening.

The crash was reported around 6 p.m. near mile marker 94.

Police say the crash was triggered by a man who pulled over his truck to pick up debris from a blown tires.

A motorcyclist who was driving through the area crashed into the man, sending the driver, Eric Lee Knight, 34, of Adolphus, Kentucky and his passenger airborne.

Knight was then hit by another vehicle, and pronounced dead at the scene.

Malik Chaganti, 45, his son and daughter killed, one other child injured, transported to hospital, after their SUV collides with a disable tractor-tanker on I-65 near Roselawn.

Date:

Monday, April 14, 2014

Area:

Chicago, IL

A father and two of his children were killed overnight, when their SUV rear-ended a semi-trailer truck on Interstate 65 in northwest Indiana.

Indiana State Police said a tanker truck carrying nitric acid crashed and rolled over on I-65 near Roselawn around 10:30 p.m. Monday, spilling its load. About an hour later, an 2008 Toyota Sequoia slammed into the rear of a semi-trailer truck that was stopped in a traffic backup from the crash, killing three people in the vehicle.

Michael Otte, 56, killed, after his car crashes into a stopped tractor-trailer on northbound I-65 near Columbus.

Date:

Monday, March 10, 2014

Area:

Indianapolis, IN

Police have released more details about a deadly crash along Interstate 65 in Bartholomew County Tuesday night.

Indiana State Police officials said the crash around 8 p.m. killed 56-year-old Michael Otte, of Whiteland. Otte was driving northbound on I-65 when his car crashed into the back of a semi that was stopped because of a traffic backup in the area. Otte died at the scene, and the semi driver wasn’t hurt.

Investigators believe Otte may have been distracted while driving.

As a result of the crash, I-65 was closed for more than two hours. It has since re-opened.

Kay Rambo, 62, Melldoran Rambo, 61, Trooper Aaron Segrest, 53, injured, after a two-car crash on snowy I-65 near Merrilville in Lake County, Indiana

Date:

Monday, March 3, 2014

Area:

Chicago, IL

Three people, including an Indiana State Police trooper, were injured when a pickup lost control on a snow-covered I-65 in northwest Indiana Tuesday morning and struck a squad car stopped for another accident. The crash happened about 10 a.m. Monday on I-65 just south of the U.S. 30 exit in Merrillville, a statement from ISP said. Master Trooper Aaron Segrest, 53, was sitting in his unmarked squad car on the side of the northbound lanes when it was hit.