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Crash closes U.S. 231 north of Greencastle
A Tuesday-afternoon crash on U.S. 231 brought traffic to a halt north of Greencastle Tuesday afternoon at McBride’s Corner.
Shortly after 2:30 p.m., a DHL delivery van was stopped northbound, attempting to turn onto County Road 200 North when it was rear-ended by a semi hauling a tanker trailer.
A witness told Deputy Scott Ducker that the semi, which was pulling a fully-loaded concrete pumper trailer, hit the van at high speed.
The impact caused heavy damage to the rear of the delivery van as well as the front of the semi tractor. The van was also pushed several hundred feet north of the intersection.
The driver of the DHL truck, 61-year-old Carl Akard of Indianapolis, was transported from to an Indianapolis hospital by Putnam County EMS, though his injuries were not believed to be serious.
The driver of the semi, Mark Steele of Stockwell, was not injured.
The semi tractor briefly caught fire, but was quickly extingished by a passerby.
The road was closed for the vehicles to be towed as well as for Greencastle Fire Department to clean up the large amount of oil that was spilled on the roadway.
The southbound side of U.S. 231 was reopened as of 3:40 p.m. Responders left the scene shortly before 4:30 p.m.