LAKE CO. –Wednesday morning, just after 1:00 a.m. Indiana State Troopers were dispatched to I80/94, westbound near the 1.0-mile marker, for a crash involving a passenger vehicle and a semi. This location is near Calumet Avenue, approximately one mile east of the Illinois/Indiana state line.
A preliminary investigation by Trooper Kevin Council shows that a white Jeep Grand Cherokee had been traveling west on I-80/94 near the 1.1-mile marker when it struck an attenuator in the gore area for the exit ramp to Calumet Avenue. The Jeep stopped in the right lane of the interstate, facing east in the westbound lanes. A white 2021 Volvo tractor and trailer struck the Jeep nearly head-on.
The driver, who was the only occupant of the Jeep, was declared deceased at the scene by the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
The driver of the semi was not injured.
Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction was called out to assist with the investigation.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office will provide identification of the deceased once family notification has been made.
