A Gary man has died after sustaining multiple injuries in a crash on the 3900 block of 177th Street in Hammond on Wednesday evening. He was pronounced dead by emergency room physicians shortly after the crash, according to officials.
The details come from the Lake County Coroner’s Office, which confirmed the man’s death to nwitimes.com. The coroner’s office said he died from multiple injuries sustained in the motor vehicle crash, and that he was from Gary, Indiana.
What We Know So Far
Per the coroner’s office, emergency room physicians pronounced the man dead shortly after the Wednesday evening crash. The coroner’s office said no more information regarding the incident was available for release at the time.
The man was identified as 55-year-old John Kirkland of Gary, and the circumstances surrounding the crash remain unclear.
A Broader Look at Indiana Crash Data
While specifics of this crash remain limited, Indiana does track crash patterns on a statewide level. Each year, the traffic safety research team at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute prepares a report summarizing detailed crash characteristics for each of Indiana’s 92 counties, though no figures from that research have been tied directly to this incident.
Hoodline will continue to follow this story as more information becomes available from Lake County officials.
