Lauren Thompson, an English teacher at Chesterton Middle School, was killed in a multi-vehicle car crash Tuesday afternoon, Portage police said.
Police said at about 5:45 p.m. they were called to the intersection of Willowcreek Road and Lute Road for a six-vehicle crash.
The Cadillac struck the GMC with such force that the GMC was shoved into the rear of a third vehicle and all three vehicles were pushed completely through the intersection and stopped on the south side of Lute Road. Police said they found one person dead, another person alive but unconscious and trapped in their vehicle, and a third person with minor head injuries. Other drivers and passengers involved in the crash complained of some pain but did not want to go to the hospital for treatment.
The driver of the GMC was pronounced dead at the scene. She has been identified as 24-year-old Lauren Thompson of Valparaiso by officials at Chesterton Middle School.
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