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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Police release more details about Jackson Township fatal crash
The four-vehicle fatal wreck Friday in Jackson Township in which two motorcyclists died was precipitated by a two-car crash, according to additional details released by the Porter County Sheriff's Department Monday. According to a Porter County Coroner's office release, the motorcyclists have been identified as 73-year-old Richard Dowding and 62-year-old William McCoy, both of Portage. Deputies with the Porter County Sheriff's Department were dispatched around 1:47 p.m. May 30 to the intersection of U.S. 6 and White Thorne Lane for a report of a crash involving two motorcycles and two passenger cars, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, the department's public information officer. Officers who arrived at the scene found both motorcyclists had died. Lifesaving measures were attempted but unsuccessful. According to an initial investigation, a 2023 Audi Q7P was eastbound on U.S. 6 and began to slow while its left turn signal was activated. While slowing down, it was rear-ended by a 2017 Nissan Rogue, McFalls said. Because of the collision, the Audi entered the westbound lane of traffic and collided with the motorcycles, a 2017 Harley Davidson and a 2002 Harley Davidson. The Porter County Crash Unit is investigating, McFalls said. 'Please keep the family and friends of the drivers that passed in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,' McFalls said, thanking agencies that assisted at the scene.
Chicago Tribune
02-06-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Police release more details about Jackson Township fatal crash
The four-vehicle fatal wreck Friday in Jackson Township in which two motorcyclists died was precipitated by a two-car crash, according to additional details released by the Porter County Sheriff's Department Monday. According to a Porter County Coroner's office release, the motorcyclists have been identified as 73-year-old Richard Dowding and 62-year-old William McCoy, both of Portage. Deputies with the Porter County Sheriff's Department were dispatched around 1:47 p.m. May 30 to the intersection of U.S. 6 and White Thorne Lane for a report of a crash involving two motorcycles and two passenger cars, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, the department's public information officer. Officers who arrived at the scene found both motorcyclists had died. Lifesaving measures were attempted but unsuccessful. According to an initial investigation, a 2023 Audi Q7P was eastbound on U.S. 6 and began to slow while its left turn signal was activated. While slowing down, it was rear-ended by a 2017 Nissan Rogue, McFalls said. Because of the collision, the Audi entered the westbound lane of traffic and collided with the motorcycles, a 2017 Harley Davidson and a 2002 Harley Davidson. The Porter County Crash Unit is investigating, McFalls said. 'Please keep the family and friends of the drivers that passed in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,' McFalls said, thanking agencies that assisted at the scene.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Police: Passenger dies Sunday in Union Township crash
A driver was seriously injured and his passenger died after a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Union Township when a vehicle struck a building, police said. Deputies from the Porter County Sheriff's Department were called around 7:05 a.m. May 18 for a report of a single-vehicle crash with injuries at the intersection of Ind. 130 and Park Avenue. Police found a 1994 Nissan Altima had struck a building near the intersection and the driver and passenger had to be extricated, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, public information officer for the sheriff's department. The male driver was flown to the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago for his injuries and the female passenger later died after being transported to a hospital in Lake County; the Lake County Coroner's Office is handling that report and additional information was not immediately available. An initial investigation shows the car is believed to have been traveling westbound on Ind. 130 when it went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a building at the intersection with Park Avenue. Porter County Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating.
Chicago Tribune
19-05-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Police: Passenger dies Sunday in Union Township crash
A driver was seriously injured and his passenger died after a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Union Township when a vehicle struck a building, police said. Deputies from the Porter County Sheriff's Department were called around 7:05 a.m. May 18 for a report of a single-vehicle crash with injuries at the intersection of Ind. 130 and Park Avenue. Police found a 1994 Nissan Altima had struck a building near the intersection and the driver and passenger had to be extricated, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, public information officer for the sheriff's department. The male driver was flown to the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago for his injuries and the female passenger later died after being transported to a hospital in Lake County; the Lake County Coroner's Office is handling that report and additional information was not immediately available. An initial investigation shows the car is believed to have been traveling westbound on Ind. 130 when it went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a building at the intersection with Park Avenue. Porter County Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating.
Chicago Tribune
17-03-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Porter County Sheriff's Department stops a high-speed chase on I-94
A chase that began on I-94 in LaPorte County ended more than 20 miles later when a Porter County Sheriff's officer executed a PIT maneuver that shoved the fleeing car into a concrete-median barrier near the Ripley Street exit on Interstate 94 in Lake County Sunday afternoon. Aliexis Bou, 19, of Waukegan, Illinois, was being held in the Porter County Jail on a Level 6 felony charge of resisting law enforcement and additional misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and possession of marijuana. The pursuit of the 2005 Honda Civic with an Illinois plate was started by LaPorte County law enforcement at the 37-mile marker on I-94. Porter County Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Estrada was in the area of Indiana 149 and U.S. 20 at 1:33 p.m. when he was advised of the pursuit proceeding west on I-94 from LaPorte County. Law enforcement from LaPorte County terminated their pursuit at the Porter County Line. Estrada was positioned in the median at the 21-milepost on I-94 when the westbound Honda Civic with four passengers whizzed by. Estrada said he saw the Honda weaving in and out of lanes without a turn signal, according to a report. He turned on his emergency lights. 'Once I was behind the vehicle, we continued westbound at a high rate of speed in excess of 100 mph according to my certified speedometer,' Estrada's report said. Sgt. Michael Piazza of the Porter County Sheriff's Department joined the pursuit in an unmarked vehicle. While approaching exit 15, the Honda slowed down to exit and Sgt. Piazza executed a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuver that forced the Honda to hit the concrete barrier and come to a stop. Two Indiana State Police units also arrived and the four women occupants were ordered out of the vehicle. Six dispensary packages of marijuana weighing 114 grams were found in the vehicle. Bou acknowledged that she was the owner, the Porter County Sheriff's report said. Bou and one of the female passengers were taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart for treatment of injuries and released. Bou was then taken to the Porter County Jail.
