Sleepy driver strikes trailer on Interstate 70

Monday, January 19, 2015
The sleepy driver of this 2007 Saturn struck the back of a U-Haul trailer Friday evening on Interstate 70, sending itself and the hauling vehicle off the roadway. Neither driver was seriously injured. (Courtesy of Indiana State Police)

CLOVERDALE -- At 7:50 p.m. Friday, Indiana State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 44-mile marker. Both drivers were slightly injured, examined at the scene and released.

This 2005 Ford Taurus was hauling U-Haul trailer Friday evening when the trailer was struck from behind by a sleepy driver, sending both vehicles off the roadway. Neither driver was seriously injured. (Courtesy of Indiana State Police)

Preliminary investigation revealed a 2007 Saturn driven by 53-year-old Alan Myers of Indianapolis was eastbound in the driving lane approaching the rear of other eastbound traffic.

Myers failed to slow and struck the rear of a U-Haul trailer being pulled by a 2005 Ford Taurus, driven by 54-year-old Christopher Dixon of Indianapolis.

The Saturn came to rest in the median, while the Ford came to rest in a field on the south side of the roadway, with the in the middle of the eastbound lanes.

Myers is believed to have fallen asleep prior to striking the trailer in the rear. Myers was cited for unsafe lane movement and not wearing a seatbelt. Traffic was slow in the area until approximately 10 p.m.

The crash was investigated by ISP Trooper Jonathan Cumbie. Assisting were Troopers Yan Dravigne, James Crisp, Clifford Brooks, Probationary Trooper David Cox Jr. and the Cloverdale Fire Department.

This U-Haul trailer was struck from behind by a sleepy driver on Interstate 70 Friday night. Both vehicles came to rest off the road, with the trailer overturning in the middle of the eastbound lanes. Neither driver was seriously injured. (Courtesy of Indiana State Police)

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