ANGOLA, Ind. (WISH) — Troopers with the Indiana State Police are investigating a Friday evening crash on the Indiana Toll Road involving a pedestrian struck and significantly injured by a semi-tanker.
At 6:30 p.m. Friday, troopers had been dispatched to the eastbound I-80/90 147.8 mile marker on a name of a pedestrian struck by a semi-tanker. After arriving to the placement, troopers discovered a significantly injured grownup male laying in a grass median, with a semi-tanker and a disabled passenger automotive alongside the shoulder.
Troopers recognized the pedestrian as Jack Holdren, 22, of Williamsburg, Virginia. Although he suffered from a number of severe accidents, Steuben County medics reported Holdren to be alert and acutely aware after loading him into the ambulance and stabilizing him for transport to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Waybe.
Troopers recognized the concerned semi driver as Leonard Murphy, 64, of Polk, Ohio. Murphy was working a 2018 Freightliner semi-tractor. Murphy was not injured within the incident, however he was transported to a hospital in Angola for a chemical take a look at as a requirement of the investigation for drivers concerned in a crash involving severe bodily damage.
Investigators revealed that previous to the crash, Holdren had been touring eastbound on the toll street when he skilled a flat tire on his passenger automotive. While altering the tire, Holdren’s canine managed to get out of the automotive and walked out into the roadway. Holdren then ran out into the traveled portion of the roadway to seize his canine and was struck by Murphy’s semi-tractor.
The canine was not injured. When troopers arrived, they discovered the canine again contained in the automotive. Holdren’s canine was taken to the Community Humane Shelter of Steuben County.
Indiana State Police said this incident stays an ongoing investigation and no additional particulars can be supplied right now.
