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Two injured, taken to hospital after 3 semis crash and 2 burn on I-65 in Lake County, Indiana

Date:

Monday, December 30, 2013

Area:

Two people were injured and two trucks caught fire Tuesday morning after three semi-trucks crashed in Northwest Indiana. The crash shut down all northbound lanes, and police had opened one lane by 8:15 a.m. The three semis crashed while traveling northbound on Interstate 65 near Ridge Road around 3:24 a.m., Indiana State Police said. A driver and passenger in one of the trucks were transported to an area hospital, but details on their conditions were not immediately known.

Police cruiser hit by car and totaled while stopped at crash site on I-65 in Merrillville, Indiana

Date:

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Area:

Chicago, IL

State police say a car spun out of control on a northwestern Indiana highway and plowed into a trooper's parked cruiser. Police say Trooper Brandon Henderson stopped about 4:30 a.m. Thursday at the scene on Interstate 65 in Merrillville where a pickup truck had hit a slick spot and crashed into the highway's guardrail. Henderson parked his cruiser behind the truck with its emergency lights on and was out talking with the driver when a car also lost control on the slick road. That car slammed into the trooper's car and pushed it into the wrecked truck.

William Knight, Linda Darlington killed when they are struck by vehicle.

Date:

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Area:

Chicago, IL

Two people were killed when they were struck by a vehicle in northwest Indiana.

49-year-old William Knight and 42-year-old Linda Darlington, both of Crown Point, were struck by a vehicle in their hometown about 12:15 a.m. Sunday. They both were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Lake County Coroner's office says it appears to be an accident. The Lake County sheriff's office is investigating.

William Riley Knight, Linda Darlington killed in tragic 3 car accident in Crown Point.

Date:

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Area:

Chicago, IL

Crisis counselors were at a northwest Indiana school Monday after a teacher was one of two people killed in a roadside accident over the weekend. The other victim was a man who had tried to help that teacher just hours after he had gotten married. Three cars ran the two over on the side of a road. William Riley Knight was on the way home from his wedding reception when he stopped to help Linda Darlington, whose car had gone into a ditch just before 12 a.m. Sunday along 109th Avenue near Lane Street in Crown Point, Ind.

Tanker truck rolls over in snow on I-65.

Date:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Area:

Chicago, IL

Northbound lanes of traffic on Interstate 65 in Indiana are shut down after a tanker truck rolled over Saturday morning.

The northbound lanes were shut down on the expressway near Interstate 80/94 about 9 a.m., Indiana State Police said.

Traffic there could be shut down for more than two hours as HazMat crews clear the scene, according to the Indiana Dept. of Transportation.

I-65 traffic can exit westbound onto 1-94 but not eastbound, according to INDOT.

Three semi-trucks and one car in crash that closes all east-bound lanes of I-80/94.

Date:

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Area:

Chicago, IL

All lanes have reopened on Interstate 80/94 in northwest Indiana after three semi trucks and one car were involved in a crash Wednesday morning, closing all eastbound lanes to traffic just in time for the morning commute.

Officers responded to the crash about 5:50 a.m. near the Cline Avenue exit in Gary, Ind., Indiana State Police said. There were no injuries, according to an Indiana State Police spokesman.

Three semi trucks and one passenger car were involved in the crash, police said.