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Overturned semi snarls I-94 in Lake County during rush hour today

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A semi rollover snarled rush-hour traffic on I-80/94 in Lake County this morning, the Indiana State Police said.

According to police, at 4:45 a.m. Robert Achterberch, 58, of Lynwood, Ill., was eastbound in the far left lane of I-80/94, just west of the Cline Ave. overpass, when he made an unsafe lane change in front of a semi-tractor trailer traveling in the left middle lane.

The trucker, Delores Murray, 57, of Port Byron, N.Y., struck Achterberch, causing her rig to swerve into the right lane and then back left before overturning. The rig--loaded with 40,000 pounds of produce--came to rest blocking the exit ramp to Cline Ave. as well as the three right lanes of I-80/94, police said.

“Only the far left lane was open for traffic to pass,” police said. The three right lanes were closed for approximately three hours, until 7:50 a.m.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts and neither was injured. Achterberch was cited for speed and unsafe lane movement while Murray was cited for speed, police added.

 

Posted 2/19/2016

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

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