Terre Haute, IN : Michigan man dies in Vermillion County crash on Thursday evening, December 29, 2016
A Michigan man has died in the Thursday evening crash of a semi and pickup truck on Indiana 63 near Cayuga.
Vermillion County Sheriff Mike Phelps said Michael J. Leach, 47, of Howell, Michigan, was driving a 2013 Ford Super Duty pickup with his 10-year-old son as passenger.
Leach was killed, but his son was treated for minor injuries and released from an area hospital to his family.
Kamaljeet Sangra, 41, of Ontario, Canada, was arrested for driving while intoxicated resulting in death, a Level 5 felony. He was being held without bond in the Vermillion County Jail.
The investigation showed that Sangra was driving a 2007 Freightliner semi and trailer southbound in the northbound lanes of Indiana 63 when the head-on collision occurred about 6:45 p.m. The crash was in the curve just south of the entrance to the Cayuga fairgrounds.
The northbound lanes of Indiana 63 were closed until 12:09 a.m. today for accident reconstruction by the Indiana State Police. Traffic was diverted at U.S. 36, with local traffic diverted through county roads.
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UPDATE: Michigan man dies in Vermillion County crash