FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A man is dead after a crash near the intersection of Washington and Coliseum Blvds. this morning.
The Fort Wayne Police Department tells WOWO News officers were called to the scene at 7:10am to find a car pinned under a semi. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the semi was uninjured.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office later identified the driver as Ricardo B. Araujo 63 of Fort Wayne. His cause of death was due to blunt force injuries from a motor vehicle crash, and his manner of death was ruled an accident.
According to investigators, the car had been coming down the ramp from Coliseum to go westbound and collided into the semi, which had been turning from a side street onto Washington.
The eastbound lanes of Washington, along with one westbound lane, were closed while police cleared the scene.
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That intersection is one of the most dangerous in town. There shouldn’t even be an exit where that truck was at. It is pitch black in the mornings. So sad and unnecessary.