A Valparaiso man was killed in a car accident in rural Washington Township Saturday afternoon.
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Porter County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Sgt. Jamie Erow said in a release issued Saturday evening that Porter County officers were dispatched to a two-car accident at State Road 2 and County Road 450 East at 2:43 p.m.
The initial investigation indicated that a blue 2005 Chevy Impala driven by Bruce Evers, 65, was traveling north on CR 450, Erow said. As Evers pulled into the intersection, he was hit on the driver’s side by a truck traveling eastbound, according to the release. Steven Ray Poort, 29 and of Westville, was driving the truck.
Eastbound and westbound traffic on SR 2 has the right of way at the CR 450 intersection; a stop sign controls the traffic, Erow said.
Erow said Evers died on impact, while his passenger, Jacob Evers, 19,also of Valparaiso, was taken to Porter Regional Hospital complaining of pain. Poort was uninjured.
Erow said routine toxicology tests are pending.
SR 2 in the area of CR 450 was shut down until after 5 p.m. in both directions as Porter County’s Accident Reconstruction Team investigated, Erow said. Washington Township Fire, Porter EMS, the Porter County Coroner’s Office and Green’s Towing assisted, she said.
Michelle L. Quinn is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.