U.S. 31 expected to reopen late this afternoon

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Semi-truck accident on U.S. 31 between Argos and Plymouth

Personal items of one of the truckers involved in the Dec. 10, 2007 wreck of a liquid natural gas tanker and a truck near Argos are removed Dec. 11 by Larry Bergauff, a liquid natural gas operations engineer from NIPSCO, as he and officials approach the leaking tanker to investigate. (Tribune Photo/ GREG SWIERCZ)

By Tiffany Griffin

Story Created: Dec 12, 2007 at 12:59 PM EDT

Story Updated: Dec 12, 2007 at 1:36 PM EDT

(SBT24/7News) Police are expecting to reopen U. S. 31 near Argos, where two semi-trucks collided Monday, between 4 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to a report Wednesday morning by an Indiana State Police official.

Sgt. Trent Smith, public information officer for Indiana State Police in Bremen, indicated the liquid natural gas that has been leaking from a semi tanker has now dissipated. Crews are now beginning to clean up the crash site, he said.

The highway will be reopened by late Wednesday afternoon "barring unforeseen circumstances,’’ he said.

The accident involved a semi trailer that rear-ended a semi tanker that had stopped at a railroad crossing. The driver of the semi trailer, William Merchant, 47, of Hopkins, Mich., was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

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