Greenup Man Killed And Four Others Hurt In I-70 Crash

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MORGAN COUNTY, Ind Friday night around 8:16, Indiana State Police and multiple agencies were called to the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 55 mile marker for a passenger van versus tractor-trailer crash.

Police say that a white mini van with five occupants was eastbound on Interstate 70 and failed to slow or go around a slow moving or nearly stopped white Freightliner tractor-tractor pulling a box trailer. The male driver of the mini van identified as 43 year old Shane Oakley of Greenup, Illinois veered to the right attempting to avoid the semi and impacted the right rear of the box trailer.

Shane Oakley was pronounced dead at the scene.

Four passengers in the van, 42-year-old Tonya W. Oakley (wife), 21-year-old Shaina Oakley (daughter), 16-year-old Jazzmin Oakley (daughter) and 19-year-old Hayden Kanizer (male and address unknown) were taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. The three Oakley women for minor injuries and Kanizer was airlifted and is believed to be in critical condition from head and neck injuries.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was 28 year old Sukhkaran S. Sidhu, of Ontario, Canada. He was operating a 2019 Freightliner tractor pulling a box trailer loaded with auto parts for Allstate Freight Systems of Ontario, Canada. Sidhu and his male co-driver were not injured.

Eastbound traffic was reportedly slowing or stopping for a disabled tractor-trailer near the 57mm.

Routine toxicology results are pending.

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