The Indiana State
Police is citing driver inattention in a two-vehicle accident on Monday on
I-65 in Jasper County.
According to
police, at 9 a.m. Peter C. Quinn, 49, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was northbound on
I-65, two miles south of the Rensselaer exit, when he rear-ended a semi
stopped with its hazard lights activated, behind an earlier jackknife in the
area.
The driver of the
semi was Jason Wilson, 36, of Avon, Ind.
Quinn advised
police that he was “watching the roadway for slick spots when he looked up
and noticed that traffic had stopped.” Quinn was unable to avoid running his
2013 Subaru Outback into the rear of Wilson’s box trailer, police said.
Quinn was
transported to Franciscan St. Anthony Health in Crown Point with a fractured
arm and head injury, police said. His Outback was a total loss.
Wilson escaped
injury but his trailer’s bumper and rear doors sustained damage, police
said.
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