Trucker killed getting toll road ticket

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) - State police say a truck driver was killed when he struck his head while getting a ticket for the Indiana Toll Road.

Police say the semitrailer driver had opened his door and was reaching for a ticket at a toll booth near Portage about 2 a.m. Thursday when his truck began to roll backward, crushing his head between the door and a concrete post.

An accident report says 47-year-old Jaroslaw Lelis of Valley Stream, N.Y., died of massive head trauma.