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LA PORTE, IN – A fiery truck accident on Friday night, April 30, 2010, shut down a section of an Indiana highway for several hours. The collision between a FedEx truck and a semi flatbed trailer occurred on Interstate 80/90 near the city of La Porte, in La Porte County, IN. The accident area is in the northwest section of the state near the borders of Illinois and Michigan, about 40 miles south of St. Joseph, MI and 70 miles east of Chicago, Illinois.

After rear-ending the flat bed trailer, the FedEx truck jackknifed across both lanes of the interstate and burst into flames. The flatbed semi was carrying three cars on its trailer at the time.

At around 7:45 p.m. 34 year old Andy Bowers of Walkerton, IN was driving a FedEx truck westbound on Interstate 80/90, also known as the East-West Indiana Toll Road, in La Porte County, IN. As Mr. Bowers was crossing a bridge on the interstate near mile marker 57 one of the tires on the FedEx truck blew out and he lost control of the rig.

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HAYDEN, IN – Three people were injured Friday night in a multi-vehicle truck accident in Jennings County, Indiana. The truck collision happened on U.S. Highway 50, near Hayden, IN. The area is in the far southeast corner of the state, 70 miles southeast of Indianapolis, IN and 60 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.

Indiana State Police, Jennings County Sheriff's Dept., Seymour Fire Department, and the Jennings County Volunteer Fire and Rescue responded to the scene of the truck accident.

Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Friday night, 33 year old Kevin L. Jayne of North Vernon, IN was driving a Dodge Dakota pickup truck east on U.S. Highway 50. As he neared the area of US 50 and County Road 900W he apparently lost control of his pickup, crossed over the center line of the highway, and into the path of a westbound 2006 Freightliner tractor trailer truck driven by 55 year old James R. Malone of Tower City, Pennsylvania… ... Read Full Story

EDINBURGH, IN: Two people died after the van they were riding in was rear-ended by a tractor trailer on an Indiana highway early Sunday morning. The truck accident happened on Interstate 65 near Edinburgh in Shelby County, about thirty miles south of Indianapolis. The area is in the central section of the state, 85 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky and 217 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois.

Two family members die after Chevy van was rear ended by tractor trailer on I 65

The tractor trailer accident occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. Sunday as a full size 2010 Chevy passenger van was traveling north on I-65, headed for Chicago. The van was carrying 18 members of an extended family, both adults and children. The family group had been attending a kite flying event in Atlanta, Georgia … ... Read Full Story

ORLEANS, IN  – A semi truck lost part of its load on an Indiana highway, crushing two vehicles and killing three people. The truck accident occurred Monday evening on Indiana Highway 37 near the city of Orleans. The area is in Orange County in the southern section of the state, 90 miles south of Indianapolis, IN and 54 miles northwest of Louisville, KY.

One of 2 cars crushed in fatal semi truck accident on State Highway 37 just outside of Orleans, IN. Photo credit: WXIN-TV FOX59

According to Indiana authorities who responded to the truck accident scene, 33 year old Israel Rankin of Paoli, IN was driving his flatbed truck southbound on Highway 37. Rankin is the owner of the truck and was hauling a load of steel coils, transporting the heavy coils from Portage to Jeffersonville for Sonny’s Truck Sales, based in Paoli.

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BLOOMFIELD, IN – On Sep 24 at about 7:00 am, just east of Bloomfield, in Greene County, Indiana, a semi truck carrying a load of over 5000 gallons of hot asphalt rolled over several times and landed in a ditch spilling hot liquid asphalt. The semi truck driver was lucky to escape with minor injury.

Lt. Bryan K. Woodall of the Greene County Sheriff’s Dept. stated that the semi truck accident happened at 6:05 am on State Road 54 near County Road 375E. James Wilcox, 27 years old, from Magnolia, Kentucky, was the driver of the semi truck. He was suffering from a cut in the head and was transported to Greene County General Hospital by the Greene County Ambulance Service.

Wilcox was travelling westbound on the highway 54 in a 2001 Freightliner semi-tanker owned by Kevin Lucas Trucking Inc. (Cecilia, KY). The semi truck was hauling a load of about 5,900 gallons of hot liquid asphalt. Wilcox said that he was having trouble controlling the semi truck as he came around a curve when it started to roll over as it came near the bottom of the hill.

Lt. Woodall reported that the truck rolled off the south side of the curve and off the roadway, then came to a stop on its side. About 1,000 gallons of hot liquid asphalt spilled out of the top fill spout of the tanker.

A Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) crew from Task Force Seven was called in to clean up the accident. This crew consists of personnel from the Greencastle Fire Department and VCARE (from Vigo County). Crews from the VanBuren Township Fire Department (from Monroe County) were also called in to assist in the large containment effort.

Lt. Woodall also mentioned that the owner of Lucas Trucking (Kevin Lucas) was on his way to the scene of the accident with personnel to offload the remaining hot liquid asphalt from the tanker. This would lighten the load so the wrecking service would be able to upright the overturned rig.

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CLYMERS, IN – Updated: Wednesday, 02 Sep 2009. This is a follow up to a previous post: Indiana Truck Accident Semi-Truck Crashes Into Train. The truck driver, Arnold Brandt, 65 from Winamac, IN is fighting for his life in the hospital following a harrowing truck accident with a train near Logansport, IN at 3:40 pm on Sep 1st.

Immediately after the crash on Main St. and Vandalia in Clymers, local residents and Good Samaritans Michael Wallace and Jared Russell rushed to the scene of the violent truck accident and found the semi driver on the ground where he had been thrown from the cab by the force of the collision. Some debris from the crash had fallen on top of him after he hit the ground. The semi-truck was split in two by the force of the accident.

The men stated that all they could see was the driver’s arm. They pulled 3 or 4 railroad ties off him, then stabilized him, then applied pressure to a gash in his forehead. Russell’s and Wallace’s quick action helped sustained Brandt until emergency workers arrived and transported him to the hospital.

It is not clear exactly what happened, but it is believed that Brandt was trying to move his truck off the tracks when it stalled. Police say they believe Brandt was trying to get out of the cab and off the tracks when the accident occurred.

The train that collided with the truck was the Triple Crown. Wallace stated that he heard the train whistle blow 8 or 10 times, which he said was unusual … then he heard a big “Boom!” He also stated that this was a heavily trafficked area for trains. Both Russell and Wallace both said that the trains come through there very fast.

Russell, who has CPR certification, stated that he was glad that he took classes and that he planned to keep his first aid certifications current and not let them lapse.

The truck driver, Brandt, was airlifted to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana for treatment. He suffered severe head and internal injuries.

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Semi-Truck Collides With Train Near Clymers, IN

CLYMERS, IN – Sep 1st – At 4pm Indiana State Police went to the scene of a truck accident where a train has collided with a semi-truck just off State Road 25. Witnesses state that the truck was crossing the tracks while its horn was blowing when the train hit the truck. The cab was separated from the trailer and the driver was ejected, who was later air lifted to a hospital in the area. In the collision, the trailer split open and spilled corn onto the roadway.

The intersection had no signal and no barrier. Although not disclosing much information, police did say that State Road 25 will be closed between State Road 75 and State Road 24 and they expect it to stay closed until Wednesday morning.

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Indiana UPS truck crash kills driver

ROCHESTER, Ind. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) -  Scott Sarvay from the Indiana News Center reports that a UPS driver was killed early Tuesday morning after a single vehicle crash near Rochester.

It was around 6:30 a.m. when state police were called to U.S. 31 at State Road 14.

Police say 53-year-old Robert Bozell of Tipton, was driving the semi pulling two box style trailers, when for some unknown reason he traveled into the grass median and struck a bridge’s concrete pillar.

Bozell was pronounced dead at the scene.

The overpass bridge was inspected and showed no structural damage due to the crash.

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A dump truck crash carrying slate and dirt occured Tuesday just before 11 a.m. which caused the left two lanes in each direction to close for about three hours, Indiana State Police said.

The driver, Tammy L. Isenberg, 43, of Sellersburg, told police she reached down to pick up a cigarette but lost control and slammed into the center concrete median wall, state police said.

The truck fell on its side, but Isenberg was not hurt.

According to the Courier- Journal, all Interstate 65 lanes just north of exit 5 in Southern Indiana have reopened following the crash of the dump truck.

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