{"id":10056,"date":"2025-11-05T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10056"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:30:01","slug":"man-killed-in-indiana-rear-accident-involving-semi-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/indiana-truck-accidents\/man-killed-in-indiana-rear-accident-involving-semi-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed in Indiana Rear-Accident Involving Semi-Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAFAYETTE, IN &#8211; A man was killed when a semi-truck collided with the rear of his Audi on I-65 last Thursday night, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jconline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/31\/ohio-man-killed-in-carsemi-accident-on-i-65-near-lafayette\/87006268007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=false&amp;gca-epti=z118347p118350c118350d00----v118347&amp;gca-ft=41&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lafayette Journal &amp; Courier reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Indiana State Police, the accident occurred in the southbound lanes of I-65 between the Indiana 43 and Indiana 25 exits around 8 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Audi, driven by 34-year-old Mark Tompkins of Ohio, was reportedly slowed or stopped in the roadway when the semi-truck, driven by 45-year-old James Quakenbush of Tennessee, rear-ended it. Both vehicles went off the highway and down an embankment.<\/p>\n<p>Tompkins was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger was rushed to a nearby hospital. Quakenbush suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The accident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=10GKmZeYh0rFK8vHA0PETcoqAe5Raqlw&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve suffered injuries in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, you need a skilled attorney to protect your rights. The experienced Indiana truck accident lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC will fight for the accountability and compensation you deserve.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> online or call <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> today for your free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAFAYETTE, IN &#8211; A man was killed when a semi-truck collided with the rear of his Audi on I-65 last Thursday night, the Lafayette Journal &amp; Courier reports. According to Indiana State Police, the accident occurred in the southbound lanes of I-65 between the Indiana 43 and Indiana 25 exits around 8 pm. The Audi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indiana-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10059,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions\/10059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}