A trucker was cited on Thursday after rolling his semi-tractor trailer on an
I-65 ramp in Lake County, the Indiana State Police said.
According to police, at 10:01 p.m. Mike Acosta, 23, of Celina, Tenn., was
traveling too fast to negotiate the curve of the ramp from northbound I-65
to westbound I-80, his load of aluminum rolls, shifted, and his rig rolled
onto its side.
Acosta—who was issued citations for speed too fast to avoid a collision and
a load securement violation—advised police that a passenger vehicle had cut
him off.
The eight aluminum rolls—totaling 37,315 pounds in weight—were not lost but
the top of the trailer was split open, police said.
There were lanes closures until 12:45 a.m. for offloading the aluminum rolls
and righting the rig.
Acosta refused medical treatment for a non-life threatening injury to his
head, police said.