A 17-year-old Demotte boy died in a car-semi accident Tuesday night in Newton County. Matthew Tayler apparently pulled into the path of the semi on State Road 10. Weather was a factor in the accident. The semi driver was from Janesville, Wisconsin. He was not injured.
A semi driver hit an INDOT snow plow Wednesday morning on State Road 31 near Lakeville. The semi drivers said he did not see the snow plow in front of him because of the snow hitting his windshield. The semi driver was ticketed for driving too closely.