Indiana State Police closed all four lanes of I-65 near Crown Point Friday after a speeding driver caused a four-vehicle pile-up.  25-year-old Austin Slivka of Lake Village rear-ended a sport vehicle at a high rate of speed. The collision forced the sports car to rear-end a BMW which, in turn, rear-ended a fourth vehicle, a F-150 pickup truck. The crash caused all northbound lanes of travel to be blocked.

Police reported Silvka was partially ejected from his vehicle which caused his left arm to go through the front windshield and resulted in major lacerations to his arm. Two good Samaritans who were on-scene, Kevin Kohn of St. Augustine, Florida, and Charles Hilltunen of Indianapolis, immediately rendered aid to Mr. Slivka by placing a tourniquet on his injured arm. When the first tourniquet did not stop the bleeding, they attempted to create a second tourniquet by utilizing a shoelace and a screwdriver. The efforts by Mr. Kohn and Mr. Hilltunen slowed the bleeding enough until Indiana State Police was able to arrive on-scene where a third and final tourniquet on Mr. Slivka’s injured arm. Mr. Slivka was then transported by ambulance to Franciscan Health in Crown Point for immediate treatment. No other injuries were reported on-scene.

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