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1 Killed in I-90 crash involving 3 Semis

Posted on Jan 15, 2009

A 2007 Peterbuilt semi, owned by Carolina Tank Lines out of Burlington, North Carolina and driven by Randall Van Smith, 56 of Wilmington, North Carolina, was westbound when it pulled over and parked on the outer shoulder due to the number of crashes with lane blockage that were up ahead on I-90 at the 29.4 mile marker approximately 1 mile west of State Road 49 in Porter County on January 15, 2009.

The driver of a 2009 Freightliner semi, owned by Martin Transportation Limited out of Zionsville, Illinois, driven by Ivy Davis, 36 of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, that was also westbound in the right lane saw the Peterbuilt parked on the outer shoulder and began to brake. This caused the Freightliner to slide and jack-knife. The moving truck's trailer swung around and hit the back of the parked truck's trailer.

A third semi, a 2005 Freightliner, owned by Badger Federal Services out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, driven by Roger J. Laux, 57 of Lecho, Wisconsin, that was westbound in the right lane moved to the left to avoid a car in front of it. The driver lost control went into the median came back out and struck the jacknifed trailer and then stopped on the inner shoulder.

A 2004 Ford Taurus was also westbound in the right lane when it hit the rear of the jacknifed truck. The driver of the Taurus, John Liefbrower., 69 of Chesterton was pronounced dead at Porter Hospital in Valparaiso from blunt force trauma.