Home : Traffic : Incidents :

Watch Live

CBS Coverage of Oklahoma Tornado Rescue Efforts

Photo

A van rear-ended a semi on State Road 8 in Noble County Saturday morning.

Regular Photo Size

Traffic Accidents

Illinois State Police: 5 killed in I-70 van crash

Five killed in Illinois van crash

Five people died and six others were taken to hospitals …

Car runs over, kills man after moped crash

Car runs over man after moped crash

Police said a man was run over by a car and killed after he …

Deputy hurt when sleepy driver hits car

Dispatchers in Greenfield say a Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy…

2 still hospitalized after bus crash

Two people were still hospitalized Friday morning after a …

Crash slows traffic on I-69 at the 315

Two crashes on I-69 has slowed traffic in the southbound lanes …

Semi crash closed highway, one man hurt

Updated: Monday, 17 Sep 2012, 10:02 AM EDT
Published : Saturday, 15 Sep 2012, 10:30 PM EDT

NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A crash involving a semi closed part of State Road 8 in Noble County Saturday afternoon and sent one man to a hospital.

Indiana State police said around 11:40 a.m., a van owned by Ken's Beverage from Indianapolis was going south on State Road 8 between County Roads 600 E and 700 E.

A semi-tractor trailer owned by D & K Services from Warren, Michigan was in front of the van going the same direction. Police said the semi driver, Walter Schmid, 50, of Warren, Michigan slowed down for an animal in the road.

The driver of the van, David Hughes, 45, of North Webster, Indiana, rear-ended the semi. Police said he didn't brake as he tried to steer left at the last moment, but couldn't avoid the crash.

Hughes was trapped in the van and had to be extricated by firefighters. He was wearing a seatbelt and went to a Fort Wayne hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Schmid wasn't hurt.

Part of State Road 8 was closed until around 12:45 p.m.