UPDATE: For more details, click on the following NWI Times link:
The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office reported that U.S. 35 between Johnson Road and U.S. 20 was closed at about 5:30 a.m. because of a fatal accident. The highway was reopened at about 8 a.m.
WNLP readers of a recent post about an accident on 35 North commented that the area is dangerous because of possible hydroplaning during or after a rain. To read that story and those comments, click on the following WNLP link:
http://www.whatsnewlaporte.com/2013/08/08/boy-hurt-when-tree-pierces-car-after-being-struck/