A crash that killed a North Carolina man closed all northbound lanes of Interstate 65 in Bartholomew County on Wednesday afternoon.
According to Indiana State Police, officers responded to mile marker 73 of I-65 northbound on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. Police arrived at the scene, which was just outside of Columbus, and discovered a single-vehicle crash involving a 2020 Volvo semi. The ISP met with witnesses on the incident and discovered that the semi-driver was pulling a loaded trailer before the vehicle left the road.
The vehicle collided with a guardrail before skidding off the road and coming to a halt in a nearby forest line. The ISP shut down all interstate lanes after determining that the motorist was unresponsive. Troopers dispatched a medical helicopter crew to I-65 to assess the motorist, but he was pronounced dead on the site.
The driver of the semi was identified by the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office as Anthony Bull, 60, of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The ISP stated that its investigation into the collision is ongoing, but a medical episode is thought to have had a part. The damaged I-65 lanes remained stopped for over three hours before reopening.
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