Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Police
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) – Five persons including four children were injured Thursday afternoon in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road near Orland.
The Indiana State Police say the crash happened near the westbound 135 mile marker at about 2:00 p.m..
Troopers say the single vehicle crash resulted in the male driver and his four children ranging in age from two to nine being injured, with injuries varying from minor to severe.
Two of the children were flown from the scene by Parkview Samaritan helicopter to a Fort Wayne area hospital with the father and two other children being transported by ambulance to the same hospital.
Man, 4 kids hurt in Steuben crash
2 children flown to city hospital after van rolls
Journal Gazette
A man and his four children were injured, some of them severely, in a single-?vehicle crash Thursday on the Indiana Toll Road in Steuben County.
Traffic on the Toll Road had to be shut down temporarily in both directions for nearly two hours while troopers and first responders managed the scene.
State troopers were called about 2 p.m. to mile marker 135.
Troopers found a blue 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan crashed with heavy damage in the center median.
Master Trooper Tony Lomonaco s preliminary investigation reported that Luke Christopher Peterson, 43, of Cleveland was driving the Dodge minivan west on Interstate 90 at a high rate of speed prior to losing control.The minivan ran off the road into the median, and then rolled several times before coming to a rest.