DECATUR, Indiana — A semi-truck rear-ended a Mini Cooper that had stopped in traffic on U.S. 27 in Decatur on Thursday morning, October 22, critically injuring the car's driver, Indiana State Police said in a release reported by The Trucker.
Source: The Trucker, reporting an Indiana State Police release
The crash happened just before 9:00 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 27 (North 13th Street) and Winchester Road. Police said a 2012 Mini Cooper was driving north on U.S. 27 approaching Winchester Road when it slowed to a stop in the right lane. At the time, emergency vehicles with red and blue lights were stopped on Winchester Road just west of U.S. 27 to slow southbound traffic.
Source: The Trucker — Trucker hits rear end of Mini Cooper stopped in traffic
A 2024 Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer, also driving northbound, then ran into the back of the stopped Mini Cooper, police said. Dispatch audio from the response, monitored by CrimeRadar, described a semi-versus-car crash at Winchester Road and U.S. 27 with one person unconscious with a severe head injury and no entrapment reported.
The driver of the Mini Cooper, Jason Ward, 49, of Ohio City, Ohio, was critically injured and was transported to a local hospital for care, police said. The driver of the Peterbilt, Jacob Keiffer, 30, of Hartford City, Indiana, was not injured in the crash.
The crash is still under investigation, Indiana State Police said. Police had not announced any charges in the reporting available.