Vigo County - A crash occurring on Interstate 70 at the five-mile marker westbound near Terre Haute, claims the life of a Marshall, Illinois man.
On Wednesday, December 16, at approximately 3:40 a.m., Indiana State Police Senior Trooper David Petrowski, along with the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department, responded to a two-vehicle accident between a passenger vehicle and a semi-tractor-trailer.
Preliminary investigation by Senior Trooper Petrowski indicates that a 2005 Ford Mustang driven by Tanner L. Carpenter, age 23, of Marshall, Illinois, was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 near the five-mile marker on the Wabash River bridge. It was at this time that Carpenter lost control of his vehicle, due to speed too fast for the road conditions. Carpenter’s vehicle went into an uncontrollable spin, striking the concrete barriers of the Wabash River bridge several times, disabling the vehicle in the middle of the passing lane of Interstate 70. A 2014 Freightliner semi-tractor-trailer driven by Jose Hector Gurrola-Rodriguez, age 29, of Mexico, failed to observe Carpenter’s disabled vehicle, striking the driver's side door and forcing it into the median of Interstate 70. Carpenter succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident.
Deceased is Tanner L. Carpenter, age 23, of Marshall, Illinois. Family has been notified.
Drugs and alcohol are not a contributing factor of the crash.
Assisting Agencies: Troopers from the Putnamville State Police Post, Vigo County Sheriff’s Department, Terre Haute Police Department, Vigo County Coroner's Office, Trans Care, Sugar Creek Fire Department, Camp’s Wrecker Service, Peffley and Hinshaw Wrecker Service and AAA Towing.