LAKE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a woman had to be airlifted from a crash scene on Friday morning in Lake County.
ISP officials say that they are investigating under the suspension that drugs and/or alcohol were a factor in the wreck.
Indiana State Police released the following:
Friday morning at approximately 1:00 a.m., Indiana State Police responded to a crash involving a semi-tractor trailer and a passenger car on the ramp from I-65 northbound to I-80/94 westbound. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Kevin Council shows that a 2019 Freightliner semi-tractor trailer was parked on the right shoulder of the ramp. For unknown reasons, a blue 2001 Pontiac Grand Am left the roadway and struck the rear of the tractor trailer. The driver of the Pontiac Grand Am was found entrapped in the vehicle. The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Gary Fire Department. The driver, Stephanie K. Sanders, 25, from Griffith, IN, was transported by Gary EMS to Northlake Hospital before being flown to the University of Chicago for treatment of serious life-threatening injuries. Evidence at the crash scene led troopers to suspect that alcohol/drugs may have been a factor in this crash.
The right lane of the ramp was closed for approximately 3 hours during the crash investigation. Assisting at the scene was Gary Fire/EMS and WAFFCO Towing.
*Indiana State Police remind that all charges are merely allegations, and all criminal defendants should be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
