Accident articles related to South Bend
Police are investigating a serious crash that critically injured three people and shut down part of a major Michiana highway on Sunday evening. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office reported that two vehicles were involved in what they believe to be a head-on collision involving a wrong-way driver. It happened at the intersection of US-31 and 11th Road, roughly three miles south of the US-31/US-30 exits.
A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash in South Bend. The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The St. Joseph County Fatal Crash Team is investigating a serious crash involving a minivan and a FedEx truck in South Bend. The incident occurred on Friday morning at Auten Road and Lindenwood Drive. No fatalities have been reported.
A 21-year-old Etna Green man died Monday night after his bicycle collided with a pickup truck in Kosciusko County. The bicyclist, identified as 21-year-old Marlan Schwartz of Etna Green, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The St. Joseph County Fatal Crash Team is investigating two related hit-and-run crashes in South Bend. A domestic situation between a husband and wife escalated into a public incident, resulting in a serious injury. The male driver of a black Dodge Charger fled the scene and was later involved in another car accident.
A 19-year-old LaGrange County man is expected to face several felony charges after two women were killed in a crash Friday night. Deputies were called to a two-vehicle wreck near Indian Prairie Road and Kalamazoo Road. The suspect, who was driving an SUV, hit a car when he tried to pass it in a no-passing zone, resulting in the car crashing into a tree.
Two people were injured in a serious crash involving two semis and an SUV in Elkhart County. The crash occurred on Friday afternoon and caused extensive damage to the vehicles. The driver of the Volvo semi was airlifted to the hospital, while the driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
An Illinois semi-driver, Luka Cuk, was killed in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road when his white Freightliner semi crashed into the rear end of a blue Kenworth semi. The driver of the blue semi sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital for evaluation. The investigation remains ongoing.
Two people were rescued from a box truck that was hanging over a bridge after a crash on the Indiana Toll Road on Friday afternoon. No injuries were reported in this crash.
A 19-year-old man died and a 20-year-old man was seriously injured in a car crash in Cass County, Michigan. The driver lost control, ran off the road, and struck a tree. Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the crash.