PGR Stop to Help Save Accident Victims - Indiana

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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ind. – As the Patriot Guard was escorting Spc. Robert Tauteris Jr.'s body back to his hometown of North Judson Saturday there was a two-vehicle crash right in front of the convoy. Patriot Guard Riders and police stopped to pull four people from South Bend out of the fiery wreckage.

This happened around 10 a.m. CST on westbound U.S. 30 just east of County Road 325 E. in Washington Twp. Police say a pickup rear-ended a Jeep Cherokee, causing the Jeep to catch fire from the impact and cross partially into the eastbound lanes, where the Patriot Guard was escorting Tauteris' body from the Porter County Airport.

Porter County Sheriff's Sgt. Matt Edwards, who was leading the procession, saw the crash in his rearview mirror and immediately went to it along with the Patriot Guard members. They pulled four people out of the burning Jeep, including 6-year-old twins.

The Jeeps driver, 35-year-old Ana Pina of South Bend, suffered numerous injuries and burns from the crash. She, along with her 6-year-old daughter in the back seat, were taken to Porter Valparaiso Hospital where they were flown to Chicago Area Hospitals in unknown condition.

Pina's mother, who was in the front seat, and her 6-year-old son, who was in the back seat with his twin sister, were transported to Hobart St. Mary's Hospital with minor injuries.

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