Gary, IN (September 8, 2026) – A 33-year-old Chicago truck driver was ejected from his semi and seriously hurt after his truck sideswiped a parked semi on I-80/94 eastbound at the Burr Street exit in Gary, the Indiana State Police Lowell Post confirmed. Troopers responded to the crash around 3:30 a.m. on September 8.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a semi carrying Amazon packages was parked in the gore area between the ramp lane and the interstate travel lanes, according to ISP. The driver of that truck, Ahmed Taher Hussein Al Subari, 31, of Dearborn, Michigan, had stopped to use the restroom and was reportedly standing outside his truck when the second semi struck it.
The driver of the moving semi was ejected from his vehicle and was seriously hurt. He was taken to Northlake Hospital, where ISP said his condition remains uncertain. Al Subari was not injured.
ISP said the eastbound lanes of I-80/94 were shut down for at least eight hours so troopers could investigate and crews could clear the highway. The lanes have since reopened.
No charges have been filed. The investigation is ongoing, according to ISP.
This is a developing story. Details may change as the investigation continues.
Semi-Truck Accidents in Gary, Indiana
Two commercial trucks were involved in this crash, which means more than two parties may share responsibility. Fault has not been assigned, and the answer will turn on evidence that is already at risk of disappearing.
What investigators and attorneys examine in a crash like this:
- The parked truck. A gore area is not a rest stop. Federal rules generally require a stopped commercial vehicle to be moved off the traveled portion of the highway and to display warning triangles or flares within minutes of stopping (49 CFR 392.22). Whether that happened at 3:30 a.m. on an unlit interstate ramp is a central question.
- The moving truck. Hours-of-service logs, the electronic logging device, dash camera footage, and the engine control module will show how long the driver had been on duty, how fast the truck was moving, and whether the driver braked or steered before impact.
- Both carriers. Hiring, training, dispatch schedules, and maintenance records for each trucking company are discoverable. The company whose load was on the parked truck may also be a party if it controlled routing or delivery windows.
- The seat belt and the cab. An ejection raises questions about restraint use and cab integrity that an inspection of the wreckage can answer.
Indiana follows a modified comparative fault rule. An injured driver can recover as long as his share of fault is less than 51 percent, and the recovery is reduced by his percentage. A driver who sideswipes a parked vehicle will face an argument that he was at fault, but a truck stopped in a gore area without warning devices shifts a meaningful share of that fault to the parked truck’s driver and carrier. That allocation is exactly what a trucking claim litigates.
Personal injury claims in Indiana must generally be filed within two years of the date of the crash (IC 34-11-2-4). For this September 8, 2026 crash, that deadline is September 8, 2028. If the injured driver does not survive, a wrongful death claim carries the same two-year window from the date of death (IC 34-23-1-1).
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Right now someone is sitting beside a hospital bed in Gary, hundreds of miles from home, waiting to hear whether a husband, son, or father will pull through. Nobody in that position should also be fielding calls from two trucking companies’ insurers.
Our Indiana motor vehicle accident lawyer team has handled commercial truck collisions across Lake County and the rest of Indiana for more than 45 years, and we know how carriers work to pin fault on the injured driver before the evidence is even collected. Founding attorney Steven L. Langer is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and every Indiana personal injury attorney at the firm prepares a trucking case as if it will be tried.
Both trucks’ electronic logs and camera footage can be overwritten within days unless a preservation letter goes out, and the wreckage should be inspected before either carrier releases it for salvage.
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