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Wrong Way Overpass Collision

(La Porte, IN) - Nobody was injured in a wrong-way collision on the U.S 35 overpass in downtown La Porte.

 

According to police, 86-year-old Owen Stacy was southbound on Pine Lake Avenue Wednesday afternoon in his 2001 Lincoln Town Car. The North Judson man told police he failed to notice the lanes approaching the overpass separate. 

 

Stacy wound up in the northbound lanes of the overpass and struck an oncoming car driven by Samantha Holland, 26, of La Porte. Holland said it was too late for her to react when she noticed the oncoming vehicle in her travel lane.

 

Damage from the crash on the north side of the overpass was estimated at $5,000 to $10,000. In addition, Stacy was cited for driving left of center.

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