Driver Hit By Car, Killed On Interstate 65 In Jasper County

FAIR OAKS, IL - A suburban Chicago man was killed over the weekend in an Interstate 65 crash that involved three vehicles near the Fair Oaks exit in Jasper County. Indiana State Police said Andrew Tagli, 30, of Mokena, Illinois was standing outside his vehicle after it crashed into another in the northbound lanes of I-65 around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 when he was struck and killed by a Honda CRV.

According to police, Tagli's 2017 Hyundai Sonata struck a 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by a 28-year-old Indianapolis man that had been disabled by losing its driver's side tire. The Buick was "partially sticking out" into the left lane of traffic when it was hit bu the Hyundai.

The force of the crash sent the Buick off the road, while the Hyundai had spun around facing south in the northbound lanes. As Tagli stepped out of his car following the crash, he was hit by the Honda that was driven by a 54-year-old man from Wheaton, Illinois.

Tagli was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jasper County Coroner. A passenger in his car, a 30-year-old woman, was airlifted to a suburban Chicago hospital for treatment of her injuries. Her condition wasn't known as of Tuesday.

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