A Chicago man was killed and two passengers in a car that had been reported stolen more than a year ago were seriously injured early Monday on Interstate 65 in Gary.
LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. – Indiana State Troopers responded to a single vehicle crash this morning at around 11:00 a.m., the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck suffered a medical event which resulted in the driver losing control of the vehicle.
In response, the passenger attempted to regain control of the truck, but was unable to before the vehicle struck the outer guardrail and rolled over onto its driver’s side.
The driver was declared deceased at the scene by the La Porte County Coroner’s office, while the passenger was transported to the Franciscan Health Hospital in Michigan City with non-life-threatening injuries, states the Indiana State Police.
A Lake Station man died after suffering a medical event behind the wheel, driving on Interstate 94 Monday morning.
Indiana State Police troopers responded at 11 a.m. to the 37.3 mile-marker of westbound I-94, where it was reported a black 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck had slammed into a guardrail, rolling the truck on its side.
A police investigation revealed that Adam L. Braun, 43, of Lake Station, was driving in the right lane of the interstate when he suffered the medical event.
A passenger in the truck attempted to take control after the Dodge shifted into another lane, authorities said. However, the passenger was unable to regain control before the truck struck an outer guard rail.
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8 shot, 1 fatally Thursday in Chicago
By Sun-Times Media Wire
A 19-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in Mayfair on the Northwest Side.
About 12:50 p.m., he was walking in the 4000 block of West Wilson Avenue when someone in a stolen white Nissan Maxima fired shots, striking him multiple times in the body, Chicago police said. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The stolen Nissan was later found several blocks away in the 4400 block of North LaCrosse Avenue, and officers located the person of interest in the 4300 block of North Major Avenue, police said.