LA PORTE COUNTY, IN. (THECOUNT) — Timothy Russell Hefner, of Michigan City, Indiana, has been identified as the victim in a Wednesday fatal motorcycle crash in LaPorte County.
Hefner, 29, was killed in a two-vehicle motorcycle crash involving a semi-tractor late Wednesday afternoon.
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According to reports, Hefner was operating a motorcycle on US-20 near Renaissance Academy Montessori Charter School in La Porte, when the bike came into rear-end contact with a big-rig around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Hefner was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: La Porte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 111,467. The county seat is the city of La Porte, and the largest city is Michigan City. This county is part of the Northwest Indiana and Michiana regions of the Chicago metropolitan area – Wikipedia.