Driver killed in 3-vehicle crash on I-94 in Porter County

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Oct 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM EST

CHESTERTON — One person was killed in a three-vehicle accident on I-94 in Porter County just before 1 a.m. Saturday.

Benjamin Larson, 30 of Platteville, Wisc. was stopped in the eastbound lanes behind a semi-trailer at the 28.5 mile marker as traffic slowed for a previous accident.

Larson's Dodge Intrepid was hit from behind by a Ford Expedition driven by 54-year-old Michael Michalski of Tinley Park, Ill. The impact pushed the Intrepid into the back of the semi-trailer, and Larson was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma.

Neither Michalski nor the semi driver was injured.

Michalski was arrested on charges of operating while intoxicated causing death and taken to the Porter County Jail.

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