LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Authorities say two people are dead following a five-vehicle crash involving four trucks and a car along Interstate 65 in northern Indiana.
Police say a truck driven by a Michigan man was stopped for a crash Tuesday near Lafayette in Tippecanoe County and a truck pulling a flatbed driven by a man from Sherman, Illinois, was stopped behind him along with a car.
Police say a box truck driven by 62-year-old man from Florissant, Missouri, was slowing when a truck pulling a car hauler approached. Police say the 31-year-old driver of that truck, who is from Plainfield, Indiana, apparently didn’t see the stopped traffic.
The two people that died in a crash on I-65 near Lafayette on Tuesday have been identified. https://t.co/rMtgv3esCN
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Police say the crash pushed the car underneath the flatbed, killing the car’s driver 49-year-old Marvin Rea and passenger 34-year-old Kelli Nicole Bradley, both of Gary.
Gary, Indiana Basketball Coach, Marvin Rea, Killed In Five Vehicle Crash on I-65https://t.co/MRnyKfuicx @cox_bobby @IndyStarSports @indianahoopscom
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