A Michigan City man died after he jumped off an overpass onto I-94 and struck a semi.

It happened around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27 near the LaPorte/Porter County line.

Eyewitnesses told police that a burgundy Chevrolet pick-up driven by the Michigan City man who died, was traveling northbound on County Line Road when he stopped as he drove onto the overpass over I-94.

The 47-year-old man then got out of his truck went to the east side of the bridge onto the guard rail and jumped, according to witnesses.

The man hit the windshield of a 2019 semi Volvo tractor pulling a refrigerated trailer traveling on I-94. After hitting the windshield he then bounced off and went through the top of the tractor coming to rest inside the semi’s sleeper. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by a deputy with the LaPorte County Coroner’s office.

The driver of the semi was not injured.