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Seven members of an extended family traveling from Chicago to New Jersey for a funeral, including a newborn and three other children, were killed when their minivan hit a deer and a semi-trailer struck them from behind, police said Friday.
Those killed in the crash on the Indiana Toll Road include a 21-year-old mother and her two sons, one of whom was 6 weeks old. The other victims were a 52-year-old man and his 15-year-old son, and a 26-year-old woman and her 8-year-old daughter, said Indiana State Police Sgt. Trent Smith.
Three other people from the minivan were hospitalized.
A relative in the Chicago neighborhood of Albany Park said the whole family was from Ecuador and many lived in the Chicago area. Segundo Quishpi said he last saw his cousin Cayetano Quizhpe and his cousin’s family on Tuesday for a big family gathering.
“They lived well, and they brought no trouble,” he said.
State police said the victims were members of an extended family composed of three family groups.
One family was identified as Cayetano Quizhpe, 28, who was listed in stable condition. His wife, 21-year-old Maria J. Yupa, and sons, 8-year-old Edwin Quizhpe and 6-week-old Franklin Quizhpe, were killed. Quishpi said the couple had been together many years.
A second family included Pedro Chimborazo, 52, who was killed along with his 15-year-old son, Pedro Chimborazo Yupa. His wife, Maria Antonia Yupa, 36, was listed in serious condition.
Seven members of an extended family traveling from Chicago to New Jersey for a funeral, including a newborn and three other children, were killed when their minivan hit a deer and a semi-trailer struck them from behind, police said Friday.
Those killed in the crash on the Indiana Toll Road include a 21-year-old mother and her two sons, one of whom was 6 weeks old. The other victims were a 52-year-old man and his 15-year-old son, and a 26-year-old woman and her 8-year-old daughter, said Indiana State Police Sgt. Trent Smith.
Three other people from the minivan were hospitalized.
A relative in the Chicago neighborhood of Albany Park said the whole family was from Ecuador and many lived in the Chicago area. Segundo Quishpi said he last saw his cousin Cayetano Quizhpe and his cousin’s family on Tuesday for a big family gathering.
“They lived well, and they brought no trouble,” he said.
State police said the victims were members of an extended family composed of three family groups.
One family was identified as Cayetano Quizhpe, 28, who was listed in stable condition. His wife, 21-year-old Maria J. Yupa, and sons, 8-year-old Edwin Quizhpe and 6-week-old Franklin Quizhpe, were killed. Quishpi said the couple had been together many years.
A second family included Pedro Chimborazo, 52, who was killed along with his 15-year-old son, Pedro Chimborazo Yupa. His wife, Maria Antonia Yupa, 36, was listed in serious condition.
A man was taken to Porter hospital Thursday afternoon and later flown to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., after he was struck by a semitrailer on the Indiana Toll Road in Porter County, according to the Indiana State Police.
He was identified by police as Jeffery P. Bohannon, but no age or home town were available.
He was identified by police as Jeffery P. Bohannon, but no age or home town were available.
The case is being investigated as a possible suicide attempt as investigators think the man jumped onto the interstate from an overpass 4 miles east of the Chesterton exit and just west of the county’s border with La Porte County, Cpl. Ben Jones said. No more information was available on the man or the driver of the semitrailer.
La PORTE COUNTY — A highway worker conducting pre-measurements for roadwork was killed on the Indiana Toll Road at about 12:55 p.m. Wednesday after being struck by a semi tractor-trailer near the Michigan City exit.
Indiana State Police said the accident happened on Interstate 80 (The Toll Road) at the 37.8 mile marker, about one mile west of the Michigan City exit. The roadway worker, Chad Flagger, 34 of Lowell, was outside of his vehicle, on the entrance ramp (truck parking lot) next to the right lane, when the accident occurred.
A preliminary investigation revealed that James B. Payton, 60, of Calumet City, Ill., driver of a 2012 Mack semi pulling a box trailer, was in the right lane. The Mack semi veered to the right, out of the right lane when Payton looked across the interstate at the truck parking lot located on the east bound side of the interstate. The Mack semi struck Flagger as he stood on the ramp, according to Indiana State Police.
The Memorial Med Flight Air Ambulance landed in the truck parking lot on the north side of the interstate then flew Flagger to Memorial Hospital in South Bend with massive blunt force trauma injuries. Flagger was pronounced dead at the hospital two hours later
Indiana State Police said the accident happened on Interstate 80 (The Toll Road) at the 37.8 mile marker, about one mile west of the Michigan City exit. The roadway worker, Chad Flagger, 34 of Lowell, was outside of his vehicle, on the entrance ramp (truck parking lot) next to the right lane, when the accident occurred.
A preliminary investigation revealed that James B. Payton, 60, of Calumet City, Ill., driver of a 2012 Mack semi pulling a box trailer, was in the right lane. The Mack semi veered to the right, out of the right lane when Payton looked across the interstate at the truck parking lot located on the east bound side of the interstate. The Mack semi struck Flagger as he stood on the ramp, according to Indiana State Police.
The Memorial Med Flight Air Ambulance landed in the truck parking lot on the north side of the interstate then flew Flagger to Memorial Hospital in South Bend with massive blunt force trauma injuries. Flagger was pronounced dead at the hospital two hours later
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