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Truck driver dies in Indiana Toll Road accident
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Staff report
3:35 a.m. CST, February 4, 2012
A horse trailer came loose from the truck pulling it down the Indiana Toll Road early Saturday morning near Chesterton before striking a semitrailer and killing its driver.
Authorities haven't notified the driver's family of the death and are withholding the driver's name.
Rick Bullis, of Wood Dale, was pulling the 12-foot trailer when it broke free from his truck, according to a release from the Indiana State Police. He was heading west.
The trailer hopped a median and ended up in the eastbound lanes, police said. It was empty.
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The trailer struck a semi pulling two trailers, causing that driver to lose control and cross into the westbound lanes before coming to rest in a ditch north of the toll road, according to police.
The semitrailer driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Police said Bullis wasn’t intoxicated and didn’t appear to make any unsafe lane movements before the accident. He was not cited or charged in connection with the crash.
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Truck driver dies in Indiana Toll Road accident
Photo illustration (Chicago Tribune)
Staff report
3:35 a.m. CST, February 4, 2012
A horse trailer came loose from the truck pulling it down the Indiana Toll Road early Saturday morning near Chesterton before striking a semitrailer and killing its driver.
Authorities haven't notified the driver's family of the death and are withholding the driver's name.
Rick Bullis, of Wood Dale, was pulling the 12-foot trailer when it broke free from his truck, according to a release from the Indiana State Police. He was heading west.
The trailer hopped a median and ended up in the eastbound lanes, police said. It was empty.
Topics
Motorvehicle Accidents
Transportation Accidents
The trailer struck a semi pulling two trailers, causing that driver to lose control and cross into the westbound lanes before coming to rest in a ditch north of the toll road, according to police.
The semitrailer driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Police said Bullis wasn’t intoxicated and didn’t appear to make any unsafe lane movements before the accident. He was not cited or charged in connection with the crash.
[email protected]