Cops examine three truck accidents; two in Indiana, one in Oklahoma

Tractor-trailers had been concerned in three separate collisions prior to now two days.

Two separate truck crashes occurred alongside eastbound Interstate 80/94 in Indiana. One other main chain-reaction collision concerned a number of tractor-trailers and occurred Tuesday on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma.

4 vans concerned in two separate crashes on I-80/94

The primary crash in Indiana occurred Monday, Sept. 26 at about 9:30 p.m. Indiana State Police say a 2022 Freightliner rear-ended a 2003 Freightliner and trailer that had been being towed.

In response to a press release from the state police, solely minor accidents had been sustained by the motive force of the 2022 Freightliner. 

Particles and automobile components had been scattered throughout all of the lanes of the freeway, inflicting. All eastbound lanes to be closed till about 5 a.m. Tuesday.

One of many accidents on I-80/94 in IndianaAt about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, troopers had been dispatched to I-80/94 eastbound lanes on the 8.8 mile-marker the place a 2016 Freightliner was stopped within the lane of journey.  As a trooper was responding to the scene, he noticed a 2020 Volvo tractor-trailer, rear-end the trailer of the stopped truck.

An announcement from the troopers says because of the influence, the motive force was trapped contained in the cab of the Volvo. Whereas first responders had been treating the injured driver, a trooper spoke with the motive force of the Freightliner, and, in keeping with police, noticed indicators of impairment and whereas trying to conduct an O.W.I. investigation, the motive force bodily resisted. 

The driving force, Kennieth L. O’Conner Jr., 36, from Zachary, Louisiana, struck the trooper on the pinnacle together with his arm, in keeping with police. After making a number of requests for O’Conner to cease resisting, a trooper used a taser to subdue him.

The assertion from the troopers mentioned O’Conner is preliminarily charged with working whereas intoxicated inflicting catastrophic accidents, battery on legislation enforcement, and resisting arrest.  Troopers mentioned the costs are preliminary, and ultimate fees can be decided by the Lake County prosecutor’s workplace.

The driving force of the Volvo was transported to Northlake Hospital with life-threatening accidents and later flown to the College of Chicago for remedy.

The was closed for a number of hours.

Wildfire smoke blamed for giant collision on I-35

Smoke from a wildfire alongside a part of southbound Interstate 35 in northern Oklahoma is cited as inflicting a significant collision that left one individual lifeless.

Site visitors was backed up a number of miles by the crash on I-35 in OklahomaOklahoma Freeway Patrol

The chain-reaction accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at mile marker 203 of I-35 close to Tonkawa in Noble County, which is about 83 miles north of Oklahoma Metropolis. 

Oklahoma Freeway Patrol mentioned at the very least eight autos together with a number of tractor-trailers, motorhomes, and vehicles had been concerned. One unidentified individual was killed.

Tv information helicopter video of the collision exhibits at the very least three tractor-trailers closely broken by fireplace.

A trooper instructed KWTV {that a} trucker mentioned that he slowed down and moved to the best shoulder when his truck entered the smoke from the close by grass fireplace. It was then, in keeping with the trooper, the trucker felt impacts in the back of his rig.

OHP continues its investigation of the collision.