Hammond, IN : LaPorte semitrailer driver killed in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 80/94 near Cline Avenue early Friday, August 26, 2016

A LaPorte man died in a four-vehicle crash early Friday on Interstate 80/94 near Cline Avenue in Hammond.

The victim was identified as Michael Northern, 53, who was driving a semitrailer pulling a grain hauler loaded with corn seed, according to the Indiana State Police.

Northern was westbound at about 1:15 a.m. just west of Cline Avenue when police said he failed to slow down approaching a construction. Police said Northern rear-ended a 1997 Ford Taurus, driven by Shelton Slaughter, 21 of Sioux City, Iowa.

The semitrailer then struck a 2008 Nissan Altima, driven by Michael Bolden, 27, of Hammond, which caused the Nissan to hit a 2017 Kia Rio, driven by Jennifer Wieland, 41 of Homewood, Ill., police said.

After hitting Bolden's Nissan, Northern went off the road and rolled over, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene the Lake County Coroner's Office.

Slaughter was not injured and his three passengers were taken to Munster Community Hospital complaining of pain. Police said Bolden was taken to Methodist Hospitals Northlake in Gary with non-life threatening injuries and Wieland refused treatment at the scene.

All westbound lanes reopened at approximately 7:10 a.m.

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LaPorte semitrailer driver killed in crash