TribStar.com is reporting that a fatal accident involving a semitrailer on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 14, left one person dead in Hendricks County, Ind. According to the report, the accident closed eastbound Interstate 70 as Indiana State Police investigated the accident and crews worked to clean up a material spill initiated by the crash. Additional details of the crash were not reported.
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