A 43-year-old LaPorte man has been identified as the victim in a head-on crash on U.S. 20 and Brummitt Road in Porter County on Monday morning.
Eric Buzalski was pronounced dead at the crash scene, according to a release from the Porter County Coroner’s Office. The wreck occurred in Westchester Township.
According to the Porter County Sheriff’s Office, the man was driving his 2024 Ford Ranger westbound on U.S. 20 when he decided to pass a slower-moving vehicle just before 9 a.m. Monday.
For reasons unknown, the pickup truck veered left of center and struck an eastbound semi in the left lane.
The driver of the semi-trailer attempted to avoid the collision and turned slightly right, striking another eastbound semi.
No other injuries were reported. It took hours to clean up the crash and for Porter County’s Crash Reconstruction team to do their work.
Jim Woods is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.