(La Porte, IN) - Details have been released about a crash involving three semi-trucks in LaPorte County last evening.  Police say it happened when one of the truck drivers hit the back end of another semi.  The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. on U.S 30 near Hanna.

According to the sheriff’s office, two of the semis were stopped for a red light.  A 34-year old man from Illinois in the other rig hit the rear of one of the trailers without slowing down for the traffic signal.

Police say the driver at fault, Aleksander Krnican, was taken by medical helicopter for an injury to his upper body after pinned and extricated from his cab.  His condition was not released.  The other truck drivers were not injured.

All four lanes of U.S 30 were closed for a while due to the crash.