Wayne County - Authorities say an Indiana State Police motor carrier inspector was killed when he lost control of a pickup truck and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.
It happened Sunday afternoon on Interstate 70 near Cambridge City, about 50 miles east of Indianapolis. Westbound I-70 reopened Sunday evening, and the eastbound lanes were expected to reopen shortly after.
A state police news release says 64-year-old Robert E. Pitcher of Pershing was towing a power brake tester when he lost control of the vehicle.
His vehicle struck the guardrail on the north side of the roadway, then crossed both lanes into the median, crossed the median and struck an eastbound semi-tractor trailer head-on.
Pitcher was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a 22-year veteran of the Indiana State Police Motor Carrier Division.
An air ambulance took 42-year-old semi driver Ricky L. Mills of Heidrick, Ky., to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis for treatment of extensive burns. Mills was hauling eight vehicles in his trailer at the time of the crash.
Associated Press.
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