One person dead in crash on US 6 in La Porte County
Posted: May 25, 2017 3:55 PM EDT | Updated: May 25, 2017 4:24 PM EDT
LA PORTE, Ind. - The La Porte County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal crash that happened on US 6 Thursday afternoon.
The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. on US6 just west of Walkerton.
A pickup truck and semi collided head-on on US 6 near 875 E.
The sheriff's office says the pick-up truck traveled left of center and caused the head on collision.
The semi drove off the road and into the median after the collision.-
Deputies released the name of the victim killed as 63-year-old Michael Megyeri of South Bend, Indiana,.
US6 was closed during the cleanup and investigation of the crash. It reopened around 3:15 p.m.