VIGO CO. – On Thursday, September 19, at approximately 8:40 a.m., troopers from the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post responded to an accident involving a semi-tractor-trailer and two other vehicles on Interstate 70 near the sixteen-mile marker eastbound.
The preliminary crash investigation by Trooper Brad Fyfe revealed that Corey R. Yund, 34, of Crawfordsville, was driving a 2020 Ford truck west on Interstate 70 and suddenly reduced his speed near the sixteen-mile marker to make an illegal U-turn at the interstate turnaround.
This is when Tyler A. Nusbaumer, 21, of Indianapolis, driving a 2017 Dodge truck, struck Yund in the rear. This collision forced Yund’s truck to travel south into the median and then into the eastbound driving lane of Interstate 70.
Yund was struck by a 2021 Freightliner semi-tractor-trailer driven by Haiguang Zhong, 42, of Rosemead, California. This collision forced Yund’s truck back into the median, where it eventually stopped, facing east. Zhong’s tractor-trailer traveled off the south side of Interstate 70, coming to a stop.
Upon the arrival of the first responders, Yund was extracted from the vehicle and transported by ambulance to a local hospital for further medical care. There were no other injuries reported.
Trooper Fyfe was assisted at the crash scene by several troopers of the Putnamville Post, Riley Fire Department, Trans Care, and Edington’s Wrecker Service
Yund was cited for making an illegal U-turn.
The Indiana State Police Putnamville Post wants to encourage motorists not to make illegal U-turns and to follow all signs posted on the roadways.
