Gary, IN – A Florida man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash that occurred earlier this month on Interstate 80 in Lake County, Indiana.
According to the Lake County Coroner’s Office, the victim has been identified as 65-year-old Michael Hazlett, a resident of Lake Wells, Florida. Officials reported that Hazlett sustained multiple blunt force traumatic injuries in a motor vehicle accident.
The crash happened on I-80 eastbound near mile marker 9.47 in Gary on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Emergency responders including the Indiana State Police and Gary Fire Department were called to the scene.
Hazlett was transported to Northlake Methodist Hospital’s ICU, where he was later pronounced dead by a physician on Sunday, September 21, at 7:26 p.m. A forensic autopsy was conducted the following day at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point.
The coroner’s office confirmed that the manner of death was consistent with a motor vehicle accident. No further details regarding the crash circumstances have been released at this time.
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