Semi involved in rollover crash on city's west side

An accident involving a semi carrying junk cars was reported on the city's west side a little before the evening commute Tuesday.

By Ann Keil Fox59

3:14 p.m. EDT, July 5, 2011
Indianapolis—
An accident involving a semi carrying junk cars was reported on the city's west side a little before the evening commute Tuesday.

The semi, that had been traveling eastbound, hit a curb then rolled over at Sam Jones Expressway and Holt Road around 3:00 p.m.

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The Expressway was closed from I-70 east to Bradbury.

"It was sent out as an entrapment response. When our personnel arrived on scene they saw the multiple cars involved," said Wayne Township Fire Department Division Chief Michael Pruitt.

Pruitt said they were relieved to see the wrecked cars were cargo. Eleven vehicles were dumped onto the Expressway from the trailer.

The driver of the tractor trailer, Alvin Pilotte, told Pruitt he tried to avoid a car trying to make a u-turn at a railroad crossing, but he could not stop soon enough.

The truck was en-route to Omni Source when the accident happened.

The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.

"It was really scary. I thought something major happened. Thank God nobody was hurt," said Kim Holtsclaw, who lives nearby.

She continued."Illegal u-turns, speeding, people throwing stuff out of their windows are causing wrecks. They need to have cops sitting down there all the time because they would catch them all the time."

Zore's, Inc. was called in to clean up the debris.

"The cars are already crushed, and Billy, he knows how to do anything," said Denny Littleton with Zore's inc.

The expressway was reopened around 5:45 p.m.

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