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Indianapolis man dies in I-65 crash in Lake County

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An Indianapolis man died in a rollover crash on I-65 on Thursday, the Indiana State Police said.

The victim was identified as James A. Wagner, 52.

According to police, at 1:09 p.m. Wagner was southbound in the right lane of I-65, two miles south of the Crown Point exit in Lake County, when for unknown reasons his 1996 Ford Explorer veered left, then right, then left again, before leaving the roadway on the inner shoulder and beginning to roll.

Wagner--who was not wearing a seatbelt--was ejected from the Explorer and struck the median cable barrier. He was transported to Saint Anthony Health in Crown Point and was later pronounced dead of massive head and internal injuries, police said.

Wagner’s wife, Billi J. Wagner, 44, was asleep in the passenger’s seat at the time of the crash. She also was not wearing a seatbelt and was “tossed around inside the vehicle,” police said. She was treated for non-life threatening injuries at Saint Anthony.


 

 

Posted 1/22/2016

 
 
 
 

 

 

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