A woman driving the wrong way was killed early Thursday in a head-on crash on the Indiana Toll Road five miles east of the Indiana-Illinois state line, according to police.
According to a release from the Indiana State Police, Toll Road dispatchers began to receive 911 calls of a wrong way driver on Interstate 80/90 in Hammond, also known as the Indiana Toll Road. at 3:08 a.m. As troopers were being dispatched and responding to the area, another 911 caller reported a head-on crash near the 5 mile-marker involving the wrong way driver, the release said.
The name of the woman has not been released pending family notification. Alcohol and or drugs are believed to be a factor in this crash, the release said.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Lecil Martin revealed that a blue 2014 Nissan Versa was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-90, the release said. The Nissan struck a silver 2019 Honda HR-V head-on. The female driver of the Nissan was declared dead at the scene by the Lake County Coroner. The driver of the Honda was flown to the University of Chicago Hospital via UCAN with potential life-threatening injuries, the release said.
The westbound lanes of the Indiana Toll Road were closed for approximately four hours for the investigation. Assisting at the scene were the following: Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction Team, Hammond Police Department, Hammond Fire Department, Herrera’s Towing, UCAN, and Toll Road Maintenance.
