Porter County
Coroner Chuck Harris has released the name of the motorist killed early
Monday morning in a pickup truck-versus-semi crash on U.S. Highway 6 in
Jackson Township.
The victim was
identified as Jack R. Forbes, 38, of Portage Township.
According to the
Porter County Sheriff’s Police, at 3:14 a.m. Forbes was eastbound on U.S. 6
when, in the area of C.R. 381E, he crossed the center line and collided with
a westbound semi-tractor tanker.
Forbes was
partially ejected from his pickup and pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the
tanker escaped injury.
Both lanes of east-
and westbound U.S. 6, between North Calumet Ave. and C.R. 400E, were closed
until approximately 10 a.m. Monday to allow for crash reconstruction and for
the cleanup of a diesel spill, police said.