1 killed in crash on I-80/94 near Calumet Avenue in NW Indiana

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- A driver was killed in a crash on I-80/94 in northwest Indiana Wednesday morning, Indiana State Police said.

The crash occurred at about 1:10 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-80/94 near Calumet Avenue.

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Police said a Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound when it struck an attenuator and came to rest in the right lane of the interstate facing eastbound.

The Jeep was then struck head-on by a Volvo tractor trailer, killing the driver of the Jeep, who was the only occupant in the SUV.

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The driver of the semi was not injured. Police initially said that it was a crash involving a wrong-way driver and later clarified that it was not.