Coroner: DNA will ID victim of fiery collision – The Herald

By The Associated Press

LAFAYETTE A motorist who was killed in a fiery highway collision with a truck hauling a load of grain will have to be identified through a DNA test, an Indiana coroner said.

Investigators believe they know the identity of the pickup truck driver who died in Wednesdays crash on U.S. 231 near Lafayette, but they must be positive before releasing the victims name, Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt said.

Relatives of the suspected crash victim, who was traveling in a pickup with an out-of-state license plate, are aware of the likely outcome of the DNA test, Avolt told the Journal & Courier. She said Thursday that the DNA test results will take a few days to complete.

The Tippecanoe County Sheriffs Office said the pickups driver turned in front of a semi hauling grain while attempting to turn left Wednesday afternoon along U.S. 231 onto Veterans Memorial Parkway, just southwest of Lafayette.

The semi's 75-year-old driver wasn't injured in the crash, but the pickup burst into flames after being dragged about 100 yards (about 90 meters) at the crash scene, located some 60 miles (96 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis.

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