Michael Howie

LAPORTE COUNTY — Police have closed a section of State Route 2 in the northeast corner of LaPorte to investigate a fiery crash with injuries involving a garbage truck and a commercial motor vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

The collision occurred in the 2700 block of E. Lincoln Highway shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday, the LaPorte County Sheriff's Office said.

In the immediate aftermath, a white garbage truck rested on the outside shoulder with large flames that appeared to be coming from behind it, photos from the sheriff's office showed. The mangled cab of a semi-tuck sat perpendicular to the road in the grass median.

The crash closed both directions of traffic from Fail Road to County Road 300 E. — approximately 2½ miles of the state road. In a social media post, the sheriff's o

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