An Atkins, Va.,
trucker was seriously injured on Monday morning when he rolled his rig on
I-65 in Lake County, the Indiana State Police said.
The Indiana State
Police investigated a semi rollover crash that required an air rescue for
the driver involved.
According to
police, at 9:14 a.m. Charles Hayden, 36, was northbound on I-65, just south
of U.S. Highway 30, when for unknown reasons he swerved to the left and then
drove off the roadway and onto the right shoulder. Hayden’s 2000 Kenworth
tractor then overturned and came to rest upside down, while his trailer lost
its load, police said.
Hayden was pinned
inside the tractor and had to be extricated, police said, after which he was
airlifted to the University of Chicago hospital.
Senior Trooper
Timothy Grayson took a moment to express his particular gratitude, on behalf
of the entire ISP, to Rick Knoflicek and Scott Beishuizen “for their heroic
efforts in assisting with the recovery of the injured driver,” police added.
“These individuals were among the first to arrive on scene and they went
above and beyond the call of duty to assist Trooper Grayson until paramedics
arrived.”
All lanes of I-65
were briefly closed during the medivac, then re-opened at 11:02 a.m., police
said.