(Michigan City, IN) - A man killed near Michigan City this week in a motor vehicle crash

has been identified.

Steven Kowalski was from Champaign, Illinois.

About 2 p.m. Wednesday, police say his Chevy Blazer drove into the back end of a semi-truck

on Interstate 94.

At the time, the semi was disabled on the shoulder.

So far, it’s still not known what caused the victim to leave the travel portion

of the highway, police said.