A sedan is
upended between two semi-trucks in the aftermath of a multiple vehicle crash on
the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, Indiana Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. The mid
morning crash brought traffic to a stand still in the west bound lanes and
often in the east bound lanes as well. An extremely heavy snow squall was over
the area causing white out conditions with dangerous winds and cold. Dozens of
accidents were reported throughout the region. (Jennifer Shephard/The Elkhart
Truth)
FEBRUARY
14, 2015
On Saturday morning, Feb. 14, multiple crashes brought east-
and westbound traffic to a
halt on the Indiana Toll Road. As of
1:45 p.m. Saturday, traffic was still backed up due to crashes.
After
multiple crashes halted east- and westbound traffic on the Indiana Toll Road
Saturday morning, a dispatcher with the Indiana State Police said traffic was
still backed up due to crashes at 1:45 p.m.
An
emergency dispatcher with the Indiana State Police said the morning’s accidents
occurred between the 96 and 107 mile markers on the toll road Saturday, Feb.
14. The dispatcher could not confirm how many vehicles were involved in the
crashes, though she said injuries were involved in an accident in the road’s
westbound lane.
Though the
toll road was not technically shut down Saturday morning, an Indiana State
Police dispatcher said traffic was not moving in either of the road’s lanes.
At about
9:50 a.m. Saturday, a crash involving multiple vehicles was reported at the
toll road’s 101 mile marker, an emergency dispatcher with the Elkhart County
911 Center said.
Emergency
units with the Indiana State Police, Middlebury Township, Bristol Township and
Osolo Township responded to the accident, the Elkhart County 911 Center
dispatcher said.