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Seven Killed, Four Injured in Indiana Toll Road Semi-Truck Accident

Posted on Nov 23, 2011

Seven people were killed in a two-vehicle accident on the Indiana Toll Road in Elkhart County at the end of October, while four more suffered serious injuries that required hospitalization.

According to Indiana news sources, three different, related Ecuadorian families from Chicago were traveling to a funeral across the country in a minivan when they struck a deer on the Toll Road between Bristol and Middlebury. The driver of the van slowed the vehicle in the right lane of the highway, where it was struck by an 18-wheeler going over 60 miles per hour.

Of the ten people traveling in the van, seven were killed and three were injured. None of the passengers were wearing seatbelts. Among the dead was an infant who police say was restrained in a baby carrier - but that the car seat was not buckled into the car. Of the three surviving van passengers, one has been upgraded to good condition, one is in stable condition, and the third remains in critical condition and is in a coma.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, 24-year-old Jesse Donovan, was transported to Elkhart General Hospital with injuries but has since been released. Drugs and alcohol were not factors in the accident.

The semi-truck accident attorneys at Keller & Keller LLP send their deepest condolences to those involved in the crash and to the people who love them.

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