HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A crash involving a semi tractor-trailer and another vehicle closed multiple lanes of Interstate 70 in Hancock County early Thursday morning.
The crash, which resulted in one fatality, occurred on the eastbound side of the highway shortly before midnight, just west of Mount Comfort Road.
According to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, a minivan crashed into the back of the semi, killing the van's driver, Melissa Welch, 46, of Franklin, Indiana. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the semi, 41-year-old Matan Hasan Nuur of Columbus, Ohio, was not injured.
The crash occurred while eastbound traffic was diverting at Mount Comfort Road due to an earlier crash involving three semis that occurred Wednesday night east of Greenfield.
Crash investigators determined Nuur's tractor-trailer was stopped in traffic with emergency flashers activated. Nuur submitted to a blood draw, which is standard procedure in a severe crash. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be a factor in the crash.
I-70 was closed at Post Road for approximately three hours to investigate the crash and clear the scene.
