FATAL THURSDAYS: THE INDIANA TRUCKING INDUSTRY’S MOST DEADLY DAY OF THE WEEK
The most pressing questions are when, where and why fatal truck crashes occur.
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The most pressing questions are when, where and why fatal truck crashes occur.
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.
State Road 39 re-opened in Boone County Friday morning following a crash.
The crash involved multiple vehicles.
Around 7:20 a.m., SR 39 was closed between Blubaugh Avenue and 800 North due to the crash. About an hour later, it was back open.
A car traveling west on I-64 near mile marker 106 struck a sport utility vehicle traveling east, and the driver of the car and a passenger in the SUV were killed. The 2-year-old girl was identified as Merissa Summers.
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.
A multiple-car pileup on the northbound lanes of I-65 near County Line Road left at least one motorist injured and snagged rush-hour traffic.
The scene was cleared and lanes reopened by 9:30 a.m.
The accident happened around 7:30 a.m.
An Avon woman died Sunday evening from injuries she suffered in a three-vehicle crash in Jasper County.
Four people were injured - two in critical condition - at local hospitals Friday after three vehicles crashed in Greensburg.
An Illinois man was killed late Thursday when the car he was driving was struck by a semi tractor on I-70 about three miles west of the Cambridge City exit.
Indiana State Police and emergency crews were at the scene several hours investigating the crash and removing vehicles.
A crash Tuesday evening, six miles west of Bloomington, claimed the life of a Bloomington man.
Eric Lach, 35, was pronounced dead at IU Health Bloomington Hospital following the crash.
All lanes have reopend on U.S 50 after a tanker truck overturned and ruptured.
The crash happened on U.S. 50 at Bellview Drive near the Interstate 275 interchange just after 3 p.m.