Plymouth Police investigated a nine vehicle crash on Monday evening, January 28th just after 5 P.M. on US 30 near the Michigan Street interchange.
The freezing rain and sleet was a factor in this crash that involved a Penske rental truck driven by 52 year old Tonya Arnold of Fort Wayne who was east bound with a 2012 Honda on a tow dolly. Arnold told Officer Krynock she encountered ice on the overpass and lost control of her vehicle and struck the guardrail coming to stop in the roadway.
The driver behind her, 25 year old Brandon Lockart of Walkerton was in a 2004 Dodge Durango, slowing or stopped to avoid the accident and was rear-ended by a Ford Econoline 250 driven by 27 year old Kamau Ducasse of Georgia. He told Officer Krynock the was unable to avoid the collision due to the icy road conditions. As his vehicle spun it was struck by a 2014 Toyota Corolla driven by David Gehrid of South Bend.
Driver number 6, Brel Milandou of Nebraska was in a 2019 Volvo truck and said he was trying to avoid vehicles 3, 4 and 5 when he crashed into the Penske rental truck causing the tow dolly to separate from the truck.
The passenger in the Penske truck, Mayra Gonzalez said she was standing outside on the passenger side when she saw the Volvo truck coming. She grabbed the door and held on with her legs dragging underneath the vehicle as they were pushed down the roadway into the median.
Vehicle number 7, a state plow truck driven by 58 year old Steven Boyle of Hamlet was stopped in traffic and struck by a 2005 Ford escape driven by 24 year old Megan Hook of Michigan City.
The final vehicle in the chain reaction crash was a 2017 Toyota Avalon driven by 46 year old Tamara Stanley of South Bend. She told Officer Krynock she was unsure who struck her. She said it was a white truck.
Only two injuries were reported in the crash, the passenger in the Penske truck that was outside the vehicle when it was struck and she was drug down the roadway and Stanley who was the final vehicle in the crash. Their injuries were non-life-threatening.
