THE NAME OF THE INDIANA MAN KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN DARKE COUNTY LAST WEEK – HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. AROUND 5:50AM THURSDAY – DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO U-S 127 AND HUNTER ROAD ON THE REPORT OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT A G-M-C ACADIA WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON U-S 127 NEAR HUNTER ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE DRIFTED LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE – STRIKING A SOUTHBOUND FREIGHTLINER SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVEN BY 47-YEAR-OLD SAMUEL DURAN OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. THE DRIVER OF THE ACADIA, WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 37-YEAR-OLD JOHN MC GOWAN OF LAUREL, INDIANA, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. U-S 127 BETWEEN HUNTER ROAD AND HORATIO-HARRIS CREEK ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS.
