ROANOKE, Ind. (WOWO) – A person is dead and another is in critical condition after a semi rear-ended a pickup truck near the General Motors Plant on Monday afternoon.
Just before 2 p.m., officers with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department responded to the area of Lafayette Center Road at Zubrick Road.
Upon arrival, officers and medics located two injured adults in a pickup truck.
A preliminary investigation indicated that a pickup truck was westbound on Lafayette Center Road, stopped at the red light for Zubrick Road. A semi tractor trailer was also westbound on Lafayette Center Road.
Witnesses said the semi rear-ended the pickup truck. Both vehicles came to rest on the northwest side of the intersection, in the ditch.
The adult male driver of the pickup truck was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. The adult female passenger in the pickup truck was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The adult male driver of the semi was not injured.
