July 16th, 2010 | 
Author: WOLCOTT, IN – Two drivers were injured in a truck accident Monday morning, June 28, on a highway in White County, Indiana. The collision occurred when a semi trailer truck hit a passenger mini van on Highway 24 in the town of Wolcott, IN, west of the city of Monticello, IN. The truck accident area is in the northwest section of the state, about 31 miles northwest of Lafayette, IN and about 98 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois.
Wolcott police shut down a section of Highway 24 surrounding the truck accident site while emergency personnel treated the victims and investigators reconstructed the collision.
Shortly before 8:00 a.m. Monday morning, 33 year old Timothy Pritchett of Hopkinsville, Kentucky was driving his semi trailer truck on Highway 24 in White County, IN. As he drove through the town of Wolcott, he apparently lost control of his 18 wheeler truck and crashed into a mini van driven by 50 year old Jeffrey Hendress of Wolcott, IN. According to police Mr. Pritchett may have been speeding when he broadsided the van.
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The force of the truck accident crushed the minivan and pushed it over onto its side, trapping the driver, Mr. Hendress. The trailer on the 18 wheeler broke open and spilled a great deal of its cargo out onto the roadway.
Wolcott Police and Firefighters and Emergency Medical personnel from Monticello responded to the truck accident scene. Rescue workers would take about twenty minutes cutting through the destroyed mini van to reach Mr. Hendress. Once extricated from his vehicle Mr. Hendress was treated and stabilized at the scene and then transported to St. Elizabeth East Hospital in Lafayette, IN with injuries to his right arm and left leg. He was later transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and at last report was listed in fair condition.
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The truck driver, Mr. Pritchett, suffered injuries to his left arm and shoulder in the truck accident and was taken to Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. He received treatment for his injuries and was released from the hospital sometime Monday afternoon.
Wolcott police shut down a section of Highway 24 surrounding the truck accident site while emergency personnel treated the victims and investigators reconstructed the collision. Highway crews were brought in to clean up the spilled cargo of the semi trailer truck and remove the wreckage of the two vehicles.
Highway 24 would remain closed for several hours, backing up traffic for about miles.
Police and accident investigators have determined that the truck driver, Mr. Pritchett, was speeding when he slammed into the minivan. It is not known if drugs or alcohol were factors in the truck accident. The truck driver was given a citation for speeding.
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