Elkhart County, IN — January 25, 2026, a teenager was killed due to a semi-truck accident at around 9:45 p.m. along State Road 13.
Investigators said that the collision happened at the intersection of State Road 13 and County Road 38.
According to officials, a 17-year-old was a passenger in a van going along the highway. The van and an oncoming semi-truck crossed paths, resulting in a collision. Due to the collision, the 17-year-old passenger was killed.
The driver of the van apparently had minor injuries. No further information about the accident can be confirmed right now, but initial reports say bad weather was a factor.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
I’m always cautious when I see reports blaming a crash on bad weather. Without a doubt, bad weather conditions can play a role in vehicles colliding. However, that sometimes prevents authorities from taking the time to do a proper accident reconstruction. They just chalk everything up to the weather and move on. Meanwhile, a proper investigation would look at road design, vehicle defects, lighting and signage, vehicle speed, airbags and seatbelts, and all kinds of other potential factors. Weather conditions should be considered with those other possible factors, not in lieu of. Given that someone so young lost their life here, I hope investigators are looking into all possible factors here and not treating things as open-and-shut before they’ve actually looked into all of the evidence.
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