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Woman dead following crash involving semi, parked car in West Lafayette

According to a preliminary investigation, the southbound driver swerved and hit a parked car before reentering the street into a head-on collision with a semi.
Credit: West Lafayette Police

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One woman is dead following a crash involving a semi-truck and a parked car Friday afternoon.

The West Lafayette Police Department responded to a report of a crash Aug. 25 around 4:15 p.m. involving a semi and two other cars on Robinson Street, near Dehart Street.

Officers arrived on the scene and pronounced the driver of one of the vehicles dead.

According to a preliminary investigation, the southbound driver swerved and hit a parked car before reentering the street into a head-on collision with a northbound semi.

Circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation.

The identity of the deceased driver is being withheld, pending notification to the family.

Anyone with information regarding this incident, especially those who may have been traveling in this area around the time of the crash, are asked to contact the West Lafayette Police Department at 765-775-5200.

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