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Saw a wreck yesterday at I-65 and 231
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It was on all the traffic reports yesterday afternoon on the Chicago and NWI radio stations. They were saying that SB traffic was backed up North of RT 30. to avoid it I went south on 394 which was a mess due to NB 394 being closed due to a "police investigation" which usually means a shooting.
OP what time did you go by there? Was the accident in the NB or SB lanes? SB 65 is an accident waiting to happen at that exit due to it being way overloaded due to the closure of 109th ave exit.
OP what time did you go by there? Was the accident in the NB or SB lanes? SB 65 is an accident waiting to happen at that exit due to it being way overloaded due to the closure of 109th ave exit.
This happened just a few miles from where I live. The driver was taken to Franciscan Crown Point with non-life-threatening injuries, thank God.
www.nwitimes.com
Northwest Indiana driver recovering after car gets wedged under semi on Interstate 65
A Wheatfield motorist is recovering in the hospital following a crash on southbound Interstate 65 near U.S. 231 Tuesday afternoon that left a car wedged under a large truck.
You mean to tell me he survived?
It was in the southbound lane at US 231 between 2:15 and 2:30. It had just happened in a work zone and people were just getting out of their cars, I was headed north.
I passed Big Tanker on the way up also, but it was a Ruan truck pulling the tank.
It was in the southbound lane at US 231 between 2:15 and 2:30. It had just happened in a work zone and people were just getting out of their cars, I was headed north.
I passed Big Tanker on the way up also, but it was a Ruan truck pulling the tank.
This type of wreck happens far more often than is reported on the news. There is a large portion of society driving that just don't have the skillset to safely navigate heavy traffic situations at highway speeds. And, despite the law, they spend a significant portion of their time looking at their phone while behind the wheel!
People are just stupid. Then they wind up dead.
People are just stupid. Then they wind up dead.
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I'm guessing that the guy hit the concrete barrier on the left side and bounced under the trailer because the left front was all smashed up.
A 19-year-old W Lafayette girl was killed just a week ago a few miles south of there when she was hit from behind by a Jeep as she slowed for the gridlock. Her car was smashed between the Jeep and a semi.
www.nwitimes.com
Teenager dies after Tuesday crash on I-65
Emma Conner, 19, died as a result of blunt force trauma sustained in a three-vehicle crash that closed Interstate 65 Tuesday afternoon, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.
YuckA 19-year-old W Lafayette girl was killed just a week ago a few miles south of there when she was hit from behind by a Jeep as she slowed for the gridlock. Her car was smashed between the Jeep and a semi.
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Teenager dies after Tuesday crash on I-65
Emma Conner, 19, died as a result of blunt force trauma sustained in a three-vehicle crash that closed Interstate 65 Tuesday afternoon, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.
Construction zones suck. I hate having to go through them.
I commute into Chicago every day, several times a day I see people getting away with things only because of all the computerized stability and brake controls in these new vehicles. They have enabled a new class of driver with the moxie but not the skills to survive driving like they are fleeing the police after a bank robbery.
I think there is a new attitude with both drivers and pedestrians where people think they can drive/walk wherever they want and the world will yield to them.
I feel like driving skill has greatly decreased since the pandemic started. Maybe everyone is focused on outside stuff too much lately. I’m stuck behind someone going 10 mph under the speed limit while drifting lanes every day.
Amazing!This happened just a few miles from where I live. The driver was taken to Franciscan Crown Point with non-life-threatening injuries, thank God.
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Northwest Indiana driver recovering after car gets wedged under semi on Interstate 65
A Wheatfield motorist is recovering in the hospital following a crash on southbound Interstate 65 near U.S. 231 Tuesday afternoon that left a car wedged under a large truck.
I could have sworn it was a flatbed but I only got a quick glimpse.
Could have been a different wreck. There is at least one a day.
As an OTR trucker, I see plenty of "interesting" events daily.
During the last two years, I have noticed a great increase in the number of cars passing me with the drivers eyes locked on a cell phone in their hand or on their lap.
I made an effort to count, once, to see how many of the next hundred vehicles that overtook me were virtually unguided missiles.
When I reached 186 in a row, I quit counting.
This is not in traffic tie ups, where they might be searching for a bypass, but open highway, full speed travel.
Speaking of speed, modern trucks have radars in them, to detect and warn of objects/vehicles all around the truck and trailer, and they are interactive with the vehicle controls. I can set my cruise at 70, and if I come up behind a slower vehicle my truck will slow to match their speed, parking me a safe distance off their tail. If I pull out to pass, my semi will accelerate back to 70, or match the speed of the vehicle in the passing lane, if it's within my radar's targeting range. If they should suddenly stop or wreck, my tractor will stop and , if safe, actively steer around the obstruction. All with no input from me.
These radars also show me the speed of every vehicle approaching from behind me or travelling in front of me, and of the aforementioned 186 drivers, not one was doing less than 83mph (one outlier, all the rest were over 85).
I've been able to verify numerous 90+ and 100+ mph passes, even a couple 110+, many in suboptimal weather conditions.
Had a Chevy Malibu pass me last night on I-57 Northbound, entering a construction zone (between Onarga and Kankakee, bout the 290mm) in a rainstorm, at 108mph.
People behave as if they're immune to hydroplaning, skids, wrecks, broken bones, head trauma, and death.
The roadside carnage, and news reports, tell a different story. SMH.
During the last two years, I have noticed a great increase in the number of cars passing me with the drivers eyes locked on a cell phone in their hand or on their lap.
I made an effort to count, once, to see how many of the next hundred vehicles that overtook me were virtually unguided missiles.
When I reached 186 in a row, I quit counting.
This is not in traffic tie ups, where they might be searching for a bypass, but open highway, full speed travel.
Speaking of speed, modern trucks have radars in them, to detect and warn of objects/vehicles all around the truck and trailer, and they are interactive with the vehicle controls. I can set my cruise at 70, and if I come up behind a slower vehicle my truck will slow to match their speed, parking me a safe distance off their tail. If I pull out to pass, my semi will accelerate back to 70, or match the speed of the vehicle in the passing lane, if it's within my radar's targeting range. If they should suddenly stop or wreck, my tractor will stop and , if safe, actively steer around the obstruction. All with no input from me.
These radars also show me the speed of every vehicle approaching from behind me or travelling in front of me, and of the aforementioned 186 drivers, not one was doing less than 83mph (one outlier, all the rest were over 85).
I've been able to verify numerous 90+ and 100+ mph passes, even a couple 110+, many in suboptimal weather conditions.
Had a Chevy Malibu pass me last night on I-57 Northbound, entering a construction zone (between Onarga and Kankakee, bout the 290mm) in a rainstorm, at 108mph.
People behave as if they're immune to hydroplaning, skids, wrecks, broken bones, head trauma, and death.
The roadside carnage, and news reports, tell a different story. SMH.
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Same thing killed a lady from my church and two of her kids on 65 a few years ago. She stopped for traffic, truck behind her did notA 19-year-old W Lafayette girl was killed just a week ago a few miles south of there when she was hit from behind by a Jeep as she slowed for the gridlock. Her car was smashed between the Jeep and a semi.
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Teenager dies after Tuesday crash on I-65
Emma Conner, 19, died as a result of blunt force trauma sustained in a three-vehicle crash that closed Interstate 65 Tuesday afternoon, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.
This is 80/94 about a month ago. I drove past it.
The driver literally walked away. The passenger (car salesman kidnapped during a test drive) was injured, but survived.
regionnewssource.org
The driver literally walked away. The passenger (car salesman kidnapped during a test drive) was injured, but survived.
Car Salesman Held Hostage On Test Drive Ending In Crash - Region News Source
Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Indiana State Police Lowell Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling on I-80/94 near the 10 mile-marker, according to Sgt. Glen Fifield of The Indiana State Police. The caller reported that...
regionnewssource.org
Just business as usual on I-65 here in the region. Seems like it's a daily occurrence.
A friend was once riding his motorcycle northbound down around SR 10 and was in the left lane passing a slower moving car at about 75 mph. Suddenly out of nowhere, the car he was passing was rear ended by another vehicle that was speeding much faster. Some of the plastic fascia on rear of the car that was struck flew off and hit him in the leg. He sped up and got away from it unharmed.
A friend was once riding his motorcycle northbound down around SR 10 and was in the left lane passing a slower moving car at about 75 mph. Suddenly out of nowhere, the car he was passing was rear ended by another vehicle that was speeding much faster. Some of the plastic fascia on rear of the car that was struck flew off and hit him in the leg. He sped up and got away from it unharmed.
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