Gary motorcyclist, 17, dies after crashing into semitrailer
Post-Tribune staff report September 18, 2012 10:14PM
An Indiana State Police officer inspects a motorcycle pinned underneath the bed of a semi-trailer east bound on 80/94 on Tuesday September 18, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
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Updated: October 20, 2012 6:29AM
A 17-year-old Gary boy driving a motorcycle died after a Tuesday evening accident on the Borman Expressway.
The accident happened around 8:45 p.m. in the eastbound lanes near the Kennedy Avenue exit when a motorcycle driven by Jonathan P. Veenstra-Bell, 17 of Gary, crashed into the rear of a semitrailer, according to the Indiana State Police. The bike was pinned underneath the semi, according to police.
Police said Veenstra-Bell was taken to Community Hospital in Munster, but did not survive, according to the state police.
The accident left the semitrailer engulfed in flames, but the driver was not injured, according to police.
No other information about the accident was available Tuesday evening.
