Driver seriously injured after crashing into stalled truck on shoulder of Borman Expressway in NW Indiana
A driver was airlifted to the hospital after crashing into a stalled truck on Tuesday morning on the Borman Expressway in Lake County, Indiana.Indiana State Police said a driver was headed west on Interstate 80-94 in a GMC Yukon, and was passing other vehicles on the right shoulder, before slamming into the back of a stalled semi-tractor trailer at a high rate of speed near the Burr Street exit.The truck had parked on the shoulder due to a mechanical failure, and had deployed emergency warning triangles behind the trailer before the crash.Firefighters had to rescue the GMC's driver, who was trapped inside the wrecked vehicle, and a medical helicopter flew the driver to University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries.Police said the expressway was closed for more than an hour after the crash.They also said the crash serves as a reminder that the shoulder on the expressway is meant for emergency use only, and that disabled vehicles are often stopped on the shoulder, so driving there causes a significant risk of a crash.
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