Terre Haute driver injured in crash after falling asleep

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PUTNAM COUNTY— A Terre Haute man was injured when he fell asleep at the wheel ths afternoon on Interstate 70 and collided with a semi-truck.

Jonathan Nichols-Pethick,  49,  was transported to Putnam County Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries he suffered in the crash.  Nichols-Pethick was cited for left of center when none permitted.

Indiana State Police and Putnam County emergency agencies responded to a two-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of I-70 near the 42 mile marker around 1:30 p.m.

According to ISP Sgt. Joe Watts, Nichols-Pethick was westbound in his 2006 Toyota when he reportedly fell asleep and traveled into the median. 

"Nichols-Pethic then overcorrected, traveled back into the westbound lanes, and skidded broadside into a westbound tractor-trailer. The 2015 Freightliner tractor, driven by 43-year-old Mark Bishop of Cheney, Kan., then struck the passenger car and both vehicles impacted the guardrail," Watts said.
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Crash was investigated by ISP Trooper Mike Wood. Assisting were ISP Sergeant Cory Robinson and Troopers James Crisp and Yan Dravigne, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Cloverdale Police and Fire and Putnam County Operation Life Paramedics.

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