Fishermen find driver who was trapped in wrecked truck for days in Indiana
One of the men touched the occupant, thinking he was dead. But he was alive.
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One of the men touched the occupant, thinking he was dead. But he was alive.
The driver was fighting for his life Tuesday night after being rescued from his wrecked truck in Salt Creek below I-94 in Northwest Indiana. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The truck had fallen off the bridge near Portage, Indiana, and the truck driver said he had been trapped for six days. Indiana State Police Sgt. Glenn Fifiield, and fishermen Mario Garcia and Nivardo Delatorre, break down what happened.
Indiana State police said they are looking into the possibility that the crash might have happened before Tuesday, and that the driver could have been in the vehicle for days.
Indiana State Police said a truck went off an elevated portion of the road.
Indiana State Police said a truck was believed to have been driven off the road near Portage.
The eastbound lanes were shut down as crews worked to reach multiple crashes with injuries. At least one car was left mangled.
It was not immediately learned how many people were injured, or if anyone died in the crash.
The pileup was caused by blinding snow, and left cars and trucks destroyed.
One person was taken to an area hospital with injuries in unknown condition.
A truck container fell onto the Bishop Ford Expressway near 134th Friday afternoon after the truck hit an overpass.
A truck container fell onto the Bishop Ford Expressway near 134th Friday afternoon after the truck hit an overpass. Illinois State Police said the load was too tall and the shipping container struck the bridge and became dislodged from the truck shortly before 4 p.m.
That person was hit by two to three cars just after 11 p.m. on I-94 near 75th Street, according to Illinois State Police.
Police say a black female wearing all black was walking in the roadway of eastbound I-80/94 just east of Broadway Tuesday night.
An occupant from the semi was taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries.
Illinois State Police say the three-car crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-94 around 12:30 a.m.
On Sept. 17, authorities responded to the shooting where a 34-year-old man was struck and killed by gunfire from a passenger vehicle.
No one else was injured.
Preliminary reports from Illinois State Police say one man was found lying in the left lane and was pronounced dead on the scene.
Illinois State Police said four cars were traveling northbound when one of the cars struck a second vehicle which hit two others.
A 2014 white Jeep Cherokee was traveling southbound and struck the rear of another vehicle – causing it to roll multiple times, according to Illinois State Police.
The vehicle was occupied by an adult driver and two juveniles, ISP said.
The crash has caused a hazardous materials response, and drivers who normally use I-94 are advised to seek alternate routes.
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