The Lake County Coroner’s Office has identified the person killed in an early morning wreck Wednesday on Interstate 80/94 in Hammond as Alfred Follow III, 67, of Portage.
An autopsy showed Follow died at the scene from multiple blunt force trauma injuries and mechanical asphyxiation, according to a release from the coroner’s office. Follow was the only occupant in his vehicle.
Troopers with the Lowell post of the Indiana State Police were called just after 1 a.m. on June 19 to the westbound lane of the interstate near the 1.0-mile marker for a crash involving a passenger vehicle and a semi-truck, state police said in a release.
The crash was near Calumet Avenue, about 1 mile east of the Illinois/Indiana state line.
A preliminary investigation by Trooper Kevin Council showed that a white Jeep Grand Cherokee had been traveling westbound on I-80/94 near the 1.1-mile marker when it struck an attenuator in the gore area for the exit ramp to Calumet Avenue, police said.
The Jeep came to a rest in the right lane of the interstate, facing eastbound in the westbound lanes. The Jeep was then struck nearly head-on by a white 2021 Volvo tractor and trailer.
The Hammond Fire Department also assisted at the scene.