Lebanon, IN (August 12, 2026) – A car and a semi-trailer collided on I-65 northbound in Boone County Wednesday afternoon, and the car’s driver had to be cut from the wreckage, according to the Lebanon Police Department.
Officers and medics responded around 2:27 p.m. on August 12 to the crash between State Road 267 and Hall Baker Road. Police said the driver of the car was found unresponsive and trapped inside the vehicle. Lebanon Fire Department crews extricated the driver, who was taken to an Indianapolis hospital in critical condition.
The semi driver, identified as 70-year-old Ephriam Spraggins of Seagoville, Texas, was not injured.
Given the severity of the crash, the Lebanon Police Department’s CRASH Team was called in to investigate. Police said a preliminary look at the crash points to weather conditions as a factor, and that drugs and alcohol are not believed to be involved.
This is a developing story. Details may change as the investigation continues.
Car and Truck Accidents in Indiana
A passenger car rarely comes out ahead when it collides with a semi-trailer, and the injuries from that kind of mismatch are often severe and long-lasting. Weather may explain how a crash started, but it does not automatically settle who bears responsibility once speed, following distance, and vehicle condition are factored in.
- See a doctor right away, even if the full extent of an injury is not obvious yet
- Skip the recorded statement for the trucking company’s insurer until you have talked to an attorney
- Push to preserve the semi’s onboard data recorder, weather and road condition reports, and any dashcam footage from nearby vehicles, since trucking companies are not required to hold this evidence indefinitely
- Wait on any settlement offer until doctors have a full picture of the injuries
Indiana uses a modified comparative fault rule (IC 34-51-2-6): an injured person can still recover damages as long as they are found less than 51% at fault, with the award reduced by their own share. A preliminary finding pointing to weather does not close the door on a claim, particularly if unsafe speed for the conditions or a mechanical failure also played a role.
Indiana gives an injured person two years from the date of a crash to file a personal injury claim (IC 34-11-2-4). For this crash, that deadline falls on August 12, 2028.
Contact Our Indiana Truck Accident Attorneys
Being pulled unresponsive from a wrecked car is the kind of injury that reshapes a family’s next several months, between hospital stays, missed work, and the slow process of healing.
Langer & Langer has represented injured Hoosiers for more than 45 years, and our attorneys understand how quickly a trucking company’s own investigators move after a highway crash like this one. An Indiana car accident lawyer from our firm can start building the other side of that record before key evidence disappears.
Semi-related crash evidence, from the truck’s black box to weather logs the carrier may later dispute, is time-sensitive, and it is easiest to secure early.
We handle these cases on contingency, so there is no upfront cost and nothing owed unless we recover for you.
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- Founded in 1980, serving Indiana families for more than 45 years
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