One person was severely injured Monday after his car rear-ended a semi in a construction zone on U.S. 41 near Earl Park.
About 2:40 p.m. Monday, Trent F. Yates, 35, of Lafayette was driving his GMC Arcadia northbound on U.S. 41 when he rear-ended a Freightliner owned by Wayne Wilkins Trucking of Vincennes, according to an Indiana State Police release. During the investigation, Trooper Josh Edwards found that Jerome M. Klein of Vincennes who was hauling a refrigerated semitrailer packed with frozen chicken had stopped or slowed for a construction zone, for which Yates failed to reduce speed.