Semi blocks I-469 traffic to help fellow driver

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A good Samaritan driving a semitrailer stopped on Interstate 469 to help another driver, clogging traffic Tuesday afternoon, according to the Allen County Sheriff’s Department.

A public information officer with the department confirmed the semi driver stopped on the interstate near northeast Fort Wayne to help a woman whose car had veered off the road.

Northbound I-469 traffic was stalled starting shortly before 2:30 p.m. near Stellhorn Road and the 23 mile-marker, a Fort Wayne dispatcher confirmed. Cameras from the Indiana Department of Transportation showed the jam extended all the way to New Haven exits…

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