I-65 accident kills one

Indiana State Police responded to a two semi-tractor trailer crash on I-65 at the Boone/Hendricks County line at 4:47 a.m. on Thursday.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Stephen Grogg, 32, of Clarksburg, W. Va., was pulling a 2010 Freightliner and Wabash box trailer onto I-65.

The second driver, operating a semi-tractor trailer and two box trailers for Yellow Freight, was northbound on I-65 in the right lane and struck the rear of the Wabash box trailer.

The collision crushed the cab of the second semi-tractor and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hendricks County Coroner’s Office.

A passenger in the sleeping berth of the 2010 Freightliner, John Herandez, 48, of Cross Plains, Texas, was transported to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis for observation. Herandez did not suffer any life-threatening injuries. Grogg was not injured.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts. However, due to the extremely violent nature of the crash, the seatbelt was unable to keep the driver of the second semi-tractor from suffering fatal injuries.

The identity of the second driver will be released when the family has been notified.