AUTO CRASH ON INTERSTATE 74 CLAIMS THE LIFE OF WOMAN NEAR BROWNSBURG
Sections of Interstate 74 near Brownsburg, Indiana, were completely shut down just after 8:15 am on Wednesday as result of a head on auto collision. Authorities were able to reopen all lanes just after 1 p.m..
The Hendricks County Sheriff's Department reported that a 59 year old woman driving a mid-sized SUV entered I-74 from an exit ramp at Ronald Reagan Parkway near Avon, placing her in the wrong lane travelling into the path of oncoming traffic. Eye-witnesses reported that the woman struck a semi near its rear axle, and her vehicle was sent airborne whereupon it struck another semi-tractor trailer head-on.
According the Hendrick's County Sheriff's Department, the woman was driving a Jeep Cherokee. She was killed instantly upon impact; however, neither semi driver was reportedly injured. Police were not yet reporting the driver's name.
