Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an incident where an unresponsive 1-year-old was pulled from Lake of the Woods in Marshall County.

The child was transported to St. Joseph Medical Center and is listed in critical condition.

Last night (Saturday) at approximately 8:09 p.m., responders were dispatched to the 4100 blocks of Lake Shore Drive near the town of Bremen. Initial reports were that a young child was pulled from the lake and was unresponsive.

Results of an initial investigation were that family members were ending a birthday party when they noticed a back door to the home open and the 1-year-old missing.

After a brief search, family members located the child floating in 18 inches of water. The child was missing for 5-10 minutes.

Early Saturday morning a Granger man was arrested for having nearly three and a half pounds of marijuana in his car during a traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road.

This morning, around 1:15 a.m., Trooper Luis Alvarez stopped a black 2011 Camry for a moving violation on the Indiana Toll Road near the 94-mile marker westbound. This is just east of the Elkhart Exit.

While Alvarez was speaking to the driver, Matthew Luger, 23 of Granger, IN, Alvarez discovered a small glass jar containing suspected marijuana.

A subsequent search of the Camry revealed nearly three and a half pounds of suspected marijuana in several clear plastic bags as well as paraphernalia.

Luger was arrested and taken to the Elkhart County Jail for preliminary charges of Dealing Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Paraphernalia.

Just after 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 19, emergency crews responded to a four-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 that claimed the lives of two individuals and sent one individual to Regional Hospital.  

Preliminary investigation by the Indiana State Police indicates that a semi-tractor trailer was disabled alongside Interstate 70 in the emergency lane near the 21-mile marker.  Traffic near this area was slowing, as drivers attempted to merge into the passing lane due to the disabled semi. 

A 2014 Peterbilt semi-tractor trailer driven by Serge Marquis, 54, Quebec, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 in the driving lane near the 20-mile marker and failed to recognize that traffic was slowing.  It was at this time that Marquis’ semi hit a 2015 GMC passenger vehicle, driven by a Dolores Soroa, 67, West Miami, Florida, in the rear, forcing the passenger vehicle into the median of Interstate 70. 

Marquis’ semi tractor-trailer continued on eastbound in the driving lane of Interstate 70, striking a second vehicle, a fifth-wheel pickup pulling a trailer, driven by Christian Birch, 40, of Trafalgar, Indiana.  Upon this impact, the semi-tractor trailer traveled into the south side of Interstate 70, and into the wood line coming to a stop. 

A large ramp from the fifth-wheel trailer became dislodged due to the collision with the semi, landing in the driving lane of Interstate 70. 

A second semi, a 2018 Freightliner driven by Nishant Nair Ajax, 40, Ontario, could not avoid the dislodged ramp, running over it, disabling the Freightliner due to mechanical malfunctions.

Deceased is Dolores C. Soroa, 67, of West Miami, Florida, and Angelis Nora Herrera Perez, 70, Cuba.  Both the deceased was located in the passenger vehicle forced into the median.  Families have been notified.  

This investigation is ongoing.  When the investigation is complete, it will be turned over to the Clay County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

Drugs and alcohol are not a contributing factor in the crash.

Assisting Agencies:  Jackson Township Fire Department, Vigo County Sheriff’s Department, Clay County Coroner’s Office, Indiana Department of Transportation, Star Ambulance Service, Lambert’s Wrecker Service, Camp’s Wrecker Service.  

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces that the State Road 37 Project in Mitchell is running ahead of schedule.

Phase one of the project to restore the concrete pavement from S.R. 60 to U.S. 50 is officially a week ahead of schedule.

Crews were originally expected to wrap up and the beginning of August, but with good weather, the work has been able to move more quickly.

Phase two will begin on or around Monday, July 22 as crews will mirror the current lane closures, with the northbound lanes reopening.

The new traffic patterns will see southbound 37 closed with two-way traffic on the northbound side. Lanes will be restricted to a width of 11 feet.

Restrictions will be in place around the clock. Work on phase two is scheduled to be complete by the end of October, depending upon weather conditions. 

INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews.

A traffic switch is scheduled to begin tonight as part of the I-65 reconstruction project in Bartholomew and Jackson Counties.

E&B Paving Inc. will switch traffic on I-65 SB beginning at MM 53.7 to MM 50, south of the East Fork White River bridge in Jackson County, the evening of Sunday, July 21, weather permitting.

Southbound traffic will move to the newly constructed concrete pavement on the northbound side of I-65 until new southbound lanes are constructed.

Motorists should continue to exercise caution in the ongoing construction zone between Columbus and Seymour.