By Travis Thayer
The remains of 40,000 pounds of burnt peanut butter, Photo by Indiana State Police (Seymour, Ind.) – Interstate 65 near Seymour closed for about four hours Monday because of a semi-trailer fire and a multi-vehicle accident. Clifton Bennett Jr., 48, of Sunman was driving his tractor trailer when he noticed his breaks were on fire. According to Indiana State Police, Bennett pulled his tractor trailer over to the shoulder in attempt to put out the fire. Police say Bennett realized the fire was too big for him to put out, so he separated the tractor from the burning trailer. Bennett was hauling nearly 40,000 pounds of peanut butter at the time of the incident. Police say that all the contents of the trailer were destroyed, and that Bennett was unharmed. The fire caused traffic to back up, and several vehicles were involved in an accident. Police reported that a 2005 Nissan Altima, driven by Richard Kermode, 48, of Indianapolis, rear-ended a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse, driven by Mackenzie Pritchett, 19, of Brownstown, which had slowed down to pass the semi fire. This accident caused a chain reaction with two other cars; a 2008 Hyundai Sonata driven by Dawn York, 38, of Kenosha, WI. and a Mercury Mariner, driven by June Beatty, 45, of Shepardsville, KY. Kermode’s Altima caught fire shortly after the accident, police say. Kermode was not injured, but ISP cited him for speeding to avoid a collision. Pritchett, York and Beatty were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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