Michael Howie

The semi-truck driver killed Friday morning in a head-on collision with another semi-truck has been identified as a 67-year-old man from Bluffton, a town in eastern Indiana to the south of Fort Wayne.

In a news release Saturday, the Lake County Coroner's Office said Gene Reinhard died at the scene from multiple blunt force trauma injuries sustained in the crash. His death was ruled accidental.

An autopsy is scheduled for Monday at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point.

The crash occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. Friday near State Route 2 and Union Street, a rural area east of Lowell and south of Hebron.

Lake County’s Hazardous Materials Response Team and the Lake County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management reportedly responded to the wrec

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