LAKE CO. – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff in Lake County to honor the life of U.S. Army Captain Andrew W. Laud of Cedar Lake. Captain Laud was in active duty at the time of his death and served as a Captain Company Commander of HHC6 – 101st Aviation in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Captain Laud was killed in a tragic traffic accident Friday, March 22, when a wrong-way driver with no headlights turned on hit Captain Laud’s vehicle head-on. Both drivers died at the scene.
Flags should be flown at half-staff in Lake County from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, March 19. Gov. Holcomb is asking businesses and residents in Lake County to lower their flags.
