Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on the Indiana Toll Road in Elkhart County, Indiana.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer allegedly slammed into several vehicles that had stopped or slowed in traffic.
Participants:
- Baiysh Dolonbaev, driver of Dodge Ram towing trailer
- Driver of tractor-trailer
- Driver of second tractor-trailer
- Driver of third tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Baiysh Dolonbaev, 22, injured
- Driver of tractor-trailer, injured
Details:
On or about Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021, around 4:30 in the afternoon, an accident between a pickup truck towing a trailer and three tractor-trailers sent two individuals to the hospital. Troopers from the ISP said the accident was reported along the Indiana Toll Road in Elkhart County, Indiana.
Representatives from the Indiana State Police said 22-year-old Baiysh Dolonbaev and a truck driver were injured when a tractor-trailer allegedly struck the back of Dolonbaev’s pickup truck and two other tractor-trailers on the Indiana Toll Road. Emergency responders transported Baiysh Dolonbaev and one of the truck drivers to the hospital with injuries of an unknown nature or severity.
According to Google Maps, the Indiana Toll Road runs east and west along the northern edge of Elkhart County, which is about 171 miles north of Indianapolis.
Multiple agencies assisted at the scene of the accident.