1 dead in weather related crash, snow closes Toll Road

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old man is dead after his car slid into the path of a truck on a snow-covered stretch of U.S. 20 in northwest Indiana.

The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

In far northern Indiana, accidents sparked by lake effect snowfall closed the Indiana Toll Road for hours.

Police closed all lanes in a stretch of the highway in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties Tuesday afternoon, but all eastbound lanes and one westbound lane had reopened by 3 p.m.

State Police say numerous accidents occurred along that snowy highway stretch.

A winter storm warning remains in effect until 7 a.m. Wednesday for several far northern Indiana counties.