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A Wednesday morning Truck Crash on Indianapolis's westside leaves one dead and one hurt. The Auto Accident happened on United States Interstate 74 in Marion County and involved a doughnut delivery truck which could mean this vehicle accident might have Workers' Compensation implications.

As detailed by Indiana State Police and media reports, the Cincy Donuts truck driver fell asleep as he was getting from Interstate 74 onto United States Interstate 465. An Indiana State Police officer says the truck then collided with a barrier and flipped. The truck driver's wife was a passenger in the truck, and she died in the vehicle crash. Emergency responders took the driver to Indianapolis's Methodist Hospital for treatment for his injuries.

According to reports, the truck driver was making his deliveries when the truck crash happened. Thus, he was on the job. On the job injuries are often considered Work Comp injuries. It is not clear if the driver's wife was also in the course and scope of employment when the truck accident happened. Unfortunately, our nation's highways are often the scene of work related injuries or deaths. The Indiana Department of Labor notes a Bureau of Labor Statistics study that found in 2009, highway vehicle accidents were the number one cause of workplace deaths with 38% of the fatalities.

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The east and westbound lanes of Interstate 74 in Indianapolis, Indiana near the exit for Ronald Regan Parkway was shut down by Indiana State Police due to a jackknifed semi tractor - trailer and numerous slide offs Sunday morning.

Although numerous incidents, slide-offs and accidents were reported on the Central Indiana highway, no serious injuries were reported.

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By noon in Indianapolis, Indiana, cars, trucks, and semis around the city were reporting numerous accidents and road closures. The following are a few:

--An auto accident closed 3 lanes of NB of I-465 near I-70 (mile marker 42.8).
--A crash in the right lane of SB 465 near West 71st Street (near mile marker 21.0).
-- 3 right lanes of eastbound I-70 were closed near Shadeland Avenue (mile marker 88.2).
--Clean up of a wreck close the left lane of northbound I-65 near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (near mile 116.5).
--3 lanes of westbound I-70 were shut down near Rural Street/Keystone Avenue due to an automobile crash near mile marker 84.5.

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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.

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