Iowa trucker killed in tollbooth wreck in Indiana
ANGOLA, Indiana — A 73-year-old semi-trailer driver from Iowa was killed after his truck barreled into two others at a toll plaza in northeastern Indiana.
Edwin Bottelman of Greeley was pulling a bulk tank trailer eastbound on Interstates 80/90 about 8:15 a.m. Tuesday when his truck crashed into a box trailer, state police said.
His truck then rear-ended another semi-trailer stopped in line at a different toll booth. The passenger compartment of his truck ran beneath the second trailer. Bottelman died at the scene.
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Police said his truck was going fast and showed no signs of slowing or braking as it approached the plaza in Steuben County, about 4 miles west of the Ohio state line.
Investigators suspect Bottelman may have suffered a medical problem which could have made him lose control, police said.
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The 38-year-old driver of the first semi-trailer struck was not injured. The 35-year-old driver of the second was hospitalized with minor injuries.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Trucker from Iowa dead after Indiana tollbooth wreck
