JAMESTOWN, IN : Fiery 2-semi crash closes traffic on I-69 for several hours in Steuben County on Friday, 15th December 2023

A fiery crash between two semitrailers on I-69 in northeastern Indiana closed traffic for several hours Friday evening and hospitalized one man, police say.

Indiana State Police troopers, as well as multiple first responders from Steuben County, were called to a fiery two-vehicle crash on I-69 at the 355.9-mile marker around 5:30 p.m. Friday. That’s near the Indiana-Michigan border by Jamestown and Angola, Indiana.

When officers arrived, they found two semitrailers in the northbound lanes of the interstate. One of the truck trailers was fully engulfed in flames, while the other sustained heavy damage to the cab. The driver of the latter was injured and trapped inside the truck.

During their investigation, police learned that 37-year-old Bakhodir Tursunov of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was driving a 2022 Freightliner semitrailer northbound on I-69 when he had a medical emergency. Tursunov pulled over his truck underneath an overpass bridge to the eastbound lanes of I-80/90.

After he pulled over his truck, a 2020 International semitrailer driven by 44-year-old Joven Brookshire of Fort Wayne did not pull over for Tursunov’s truck and crashed into his trailer.
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