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Enfield native killed in Indiana highway crash

Police say the Connecticut resident was killed along with his passenger after being rear-ended by a semi-tractor-trailer.
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PLYMOUTH, Ind. — A man from Enfield was killed in a crash on Tuesday in Indiana. 

According to the Plymouth, Indiana Police, officers responded around 7:20 a.m. to US 30 West of Oak Drive near the railroad crossing on a call of a reported motor vehicle accident. 

The crash involved two semi-tractors and one car. Police say a semi-tractor crashed rear-ended a 2009 Nissan Rogue that was stopped in traffic behind another semi-tractor. 

Police added that the semi-tractor pushed the car, which had two people inside it, into the other one.  

The occupants were later identified as 21-year-old John Paul David Eckel of Laporte, Indiana, and 19-year-old Patric Mcglynn of Enfield. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. 

Police say the investigation remains under investigation. 

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