Car flips on Borman ramp; driver escapes serious injuries …

Post-Tribune Staff Report January 8, 2014 1:50PM

Emergency personnel look over a Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Shelby Street, 56, of Portage, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. Street was merging onto eastbound Interstate-80/94 from southbound Interstate 65 when she lost control on the icy roads. The Mercury went off the road to the right and flipped over the retaining wall landing on its roof. Street had to be extricated and was taken to St. mary Medical Center, Hobart, with non-life threatening injuries to her face, police said. | Indiana State Police photo.

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Updated: January 8, 2014 6:25PM

A car going too fast for existing road conditions lost control and flipped over a Borman Expressway retaining wall and onto its roof, according to the Indiana State Police.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Tim Grayson revealed that at approximately 10:05 a.m., Wednesday, a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Shelby Street, 56, of Portage, had just gotten off the Interstate 65 southbound and was merging onto eastbound I-80 in the right lane when she lost control on the icy roads, police said. The Mercury went off the road to the right and flipped over the retaining wall, landing on its roof.

Street, who was wearing her seat belt, had to be extricated from her car. She was taken to Saint Mary Medical Center in Hobart with non-life threatening injuries to her face, police said.

The Mercury was a total loss.

A short time later, a tractor trailer driver going too fast for road conditions

lost control and wrapped his vehicle around an informational sign that spans the interstate.

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