Wrong way driver causes fatal crash in Lake County on I-65
CROWN POINT, Ind. (WISH) — Two people are dead after a wrong way driver crashes into several vehicles causing all lanes to be blocked on I-65 Saturday afternoon.
At 12:04 p.m. Saturday, troopers were dispatched to an SUV traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-65 from the 247- mile marker. Two minutes later a crash was reported at the 248.2 mile-marker involving several vehicles. The 247 mile-marker is the exit ramp at U.S. 231.
When police arrived they discovered the SUV had been traveling the wrong direction and struck another vehicle head on. A third vehicle then struck the SUV, according to a media release.
Preliminary investigation shows that a Black Chevrolet Equinox had been involved in a minor damage crash at the Family Express located on U.S. 231 in Crown Point. The driver in the Equinox fled the scene and entered I-65 heading the wrong direction.
The wrong way driver was identified as female and the driver in the second vehicle was identified as male. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver in the third vehicle was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Names of those involved have not been released at this time.
The road has since been re-opened.