SEYMOUR — An Ohio truck driver was killed after two semis collided in the southbound lanes of I-65 near Seymour at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The initial investigation by troopers with Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team, indicated that a 2001 Volvo truck pulling a trailer, driven by Daniel Cosma, 41, North Royalton, Ohio, was traveling southbound on I-65 near the 53 mile marker, just north of Seymour. Cosma apparently had a mechanical issue with the Volvo truck while driving in the I-65 construction zone. He stopped the truck in the right lane of I-65 due to there not being a shoulder in the area, state police said.
While stopped in the roadwa.y, Cosma’s trailer was struck by a 2015 Volvo truck pulling a trailer, driven by Donald Nicholl, 31, Decatur, Georgia The impact forced Cosma’s vehicle into Cosma, who was outside of his vehicle working on his truck. Cosma suffered fatal injuries in the collision. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by Jackson County Coroner Michael Bobb. Nicholl was not injured in the collision.
Alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be factors in the crash although toxicology results are pending at this time.
The southbound lanes of I-65 were closed for nearly four hours for crash investigation and cleanup.
