An Alsip, Ill., man
died in a one-vehicle accident Thursday on the Indiana Toll Road in Lake
County, the Indiana State Police said.
According to
police, at 2:45 p.m. Dwayne Jeffries, 57, was eastbound on the Toll Road
when, near the 4 mile marker, he left the roadway for unknown reasons,
entered the median, traveled for approximately 450 feet, then hit an
embankment causing his 2012 Chevrolet Equinox to become airborne. Jeffries’
vehicle fell approximately 30 feet and landed on its roof below the Toll
Road on Calumet Ave.
Jeffries--who was
pronounced dead at the scene--“may have had a medical condition prior to the
crash,” police said. “An autopsy is pending.”
Calumet Ave. was
closed for approximately three hours.