A semi driver was killed in a crash along the U.S. 20 bypass on Monday, Aug. 10.
It happened just before 11 p.m. west of the exit for U.S. 33.
The driver of the semi — 43-year-old Scott Bruck of Monroe, Mich. — was headed westbound and smashed into the back of another westbound semi, according to a news release from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.
The driver of the rig that hit the other semi then jack-knifed. The semi then caught fire.
The driver died at the scene.
The driver of the semi that was rear-ended was not injured.
The incident is still under investigation by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department Crash Investigation Team.