Licenses & drivers4 min read
Police arrested a man accused of attacking trucks with an axe on I-80
Indiana State Police say a driver in a Volkswagen stopped semis near Hammond, then came out with an axe. He was arrested after a pursuit.
On September 13, CDLLife reported an Indiana State Police arrest from two days earlier. At about 4:30 p.m. on September 11, troopers were called to eastbound Interstate 80 at mile marker 1.9 in Hammond, near the Calumet Avenue overpass. The report was that a man with an axe had attacked a semi.
What police say happened
CDLLife, citing the state police, said a Volkswagen brake-checked semis and then stopped in a lane, forcing a Freightliner to stop. The truck driver told police a barefoot man got out, appeared irate, and yelled incoherently. The man got back in, backed toward the truck, then got out again with a long-handled axe that had a leather cover on the blade.
Police said he fled at speeds up to 80 miles an hour. Lake County sheriff's deputies boxed the Volkswagen in and stopped it. The axe and the cover were recovered from the car.
Who was arrested
Troopers identified the driver as Ivan Savych, 29, of New Jersey. CDLLife reported that he did not speak English and was uncooperative. He was taken to the Lake County Jail. The preliminary charges listed were resisting law enforcement, a Level 6 felony, and two counts of criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor. Those are accusations. The article did not report a conviction.
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