(La Porte County, IN) - Brake failure may have been the cause of a crash involving an overturned dump truck in La Porte County last week.

 

The accident happened Friday just before 10 a.m. at U.S. 20 and State Road 39.

 

According to La Porte County Police, the truck driver told investigators he applied his brakes while approaching the intersection but the brakes failed. He would up running the red light, striking a mini-van going through the intersection.  The dump truck hauling some type of aggregate material wound up on its side.

 

Police said the truck driver, a 64 year old man from Chicago was taken to the hospital in La Porte complaining of pain.

 

John Lambert, 82, of New Carlisle was the driver of the van. He and his 80 year old female passenger were taken to a hospital in South Bend complaining pain and minor lacerations, police said.