Truck driver shot on I-65 in Northwest Indiana, suffers potentially life-threatening wound
ROSELAWN, Ind. (CBS) -- Indiana State Police late Thursday were investigating the shooting of a semi-trailer truck driver on I-65 near Roselawn.
Around 4:45 p.m., Indiana state troopers were called to the southbound lanes of I-65 in Jasper County, six miles south of the Roselawn/Demotte exit to State Road 10.
State Police said the truck driver was headed down the road when he suffered a potentially life-threatening gunshot wound.
Responding troopers rendered first aid until paramedics came, and the victim was taken to Indianapolis in a medical transport helicopter.
Traffic was closed in both directions after the shooting and reopened by 8 p.m.
State police said the investigation was ongoing Thursday night.
