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ISP: Local man hurt in I-94 accident here today

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A Chesterton motorist was injured this morning in a two-vehicle accident on I-94 in Duneland, the Indiana State Police said.

According to police, at 9 a.m. Nicholas D. Heflin, 34, had just merged onto westbound I-94 from the Burns Harbor/Porter on-ramp when he tried to move from the right to the center lane. Police said that Heflin’s 2006 Chevrolet pickup struck a semi-tractor trailer westbound in the center lane, causing the pickup to spin in front of the semi, which then pushed it into a snow embankment on the outer shoulder, where it rolled several times before going over the concrete median barrier and coming to rest on the eastbound side of I-94.

Heflin, who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported to Porter Regional Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

The driver of the semi, Gary M. Nelson, 61, of South Bend, was not injured, police said.

Nelson’s semi was loaded with general merchandise and no load was lost. The pickup and semi each sustained approximately $20,000 in damage and both had to be towed.

Also responding to the scene were the Burns Harbor Police Department, the Porter Fire Department, and Joe’s Towing, police said.

 

 

Posted 12/3/2015

 

 
 

 

 

 

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