(IN)(01-18-2024) Tow truck operator struck and killed in crash on Indiana Toll Road

LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - Indiana State Police say a tow truck driver is dead after a crash Thursday morning on the Indiana Toll Road in LaGrange County.

Police say crews were at mile maker 114.2 around 9:40 a.m. cleaning up a diesel spill and removing a semi from the center median that crashed earlier in the morning when the driver of an eastbound 2021 white Dodge Ram towing an enclosed trailer lost control.

The Dodge went through the median and sideswiped the tow truck that was parked on the inside shoulder of the westbound lanes. After hitting the tow truck, police say the Dodge struck the tow truck driver and the semi from the earlier crash.

The tow truck driver, identified as 63-year-old Martin Troyer of Sturgis, Mich., an employee of Grates Wrecker Service, was pronounced dead at the scene. A worker with the remediation company cleaning the diesel spill also received injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.

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