I-65N back open after fatal crash involving 2 semis
Updated: Thursday, 13 Jan 2011, 1:17 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 13 Jan 2011, 7:11 AM EST
Reporter: Adrienne Broaddus
Editor: Hyacinth Rucker
HENDRICKS/BOONE COUNTY LINE/Ind. (WISH) - Interstate 65 northbound is back open following a deadly crash involving two semis Thursday morning.
The crash occurred on the interstate near mile marker 128 on the Hendricks/Boone County line around 4:50 a.m. Thursday.
According to police, 32-year-old Stephen Grogg was driving a semi-trailer and pulled over in the shoulder of the northbound lane.
Police say when Grogg attempted to merge back onto the interstate a semi driven by 60-year-old Steve Woosley crashed into him.
The collision crushed the cab of the second semi-trailer and Woosley was declared dead at the scene.
A passenger in Grogg’s semi was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis for observation. Grogg was not injured.
Officials closed both lanes of Interstate 65 northbound after the crash and traffic was detoured onto Interstate 465.
Emergency workers spent around six hours reconstructing the crash and removing the wreckage.