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ISP: Trucker killed today I- 94 crash

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A trucker was killed early this morning in a four-vehicle accident on I-80/94 in Lake County, the Indiana State Police said.

The trucker was identified as Michael Northern, 53, of LaPorte. The semi was owned by Kingsbury Elevator Incorporated out of Kingsbury, IN.

According to police, at 1:15 a.m. Northern, pulling a grain hauler, was westbound on I-80/94, just west of Cline Ave., when he failed to slow for traffic congestion in a work zone and his rig struck a 1997 Ford Taurus in the right-middle lane being driven by Shelton Slaughter, 21 of Sioux City, Iowa, causing the Taurus to come to rest in the left-middle lane.

Northern next struck a 2008 Nissan Altima in the right lane driven by Michael Bolden, 27, of Hammond, causing the Nissan to rear-end a 2017 Kia Rio driven by Jennifer Wieland, 41 of Homewood, Ill., police said. Bolden’s Altima came to rest in the grassy area just north of the roadway and Wieland’s Kia on the outer shoulder.

After hitting the Nissan, Northern left the roadway to the north, where his rig overturned on the grassy embankment and lost part of its load of corn seed. Northern was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

Slaughter was not injured but his three passengers, complaining of pain, were transported to Munster Community Hospital, police said; Bolden was transported to Methodist Hospital Northlake Campus in Gary with non-life threatening injuries; and Wieland refused treatment at the scene.

Traffic was getting by on the inner shoulder only until approximately 6 a.m. when the left and left middle lanes were reopened, police said. All lanes were re-opened at approximately 7:10 a.m., although cleanup of the load loss will continue off the interstate.

 

 

Posted 8/26/2016

 
 
 
 

 

 

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