Man killed in accident at Montgomery Co. book printing plant [Video]

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Police in Crawfordsville are investigating after a truck driver was killed in an accident outside a book printing plant on Wednesday.

The incident occurred June 12 in the parking lot of Lakeside Book Company, North Plant, located in the 1000 block of Sloan Street, not far west of Wabash College.

First responders found a 42-year-old man, identified as Adam Raad, of Alsip, Illinois, at the back of a flatbed semi trailer. Raad, a driver for a trucking company based out of Chicago, was taken to Franciscan Health Crawfordsville hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Another truck driver with the company told police he and Raad arrived in separate trucks for a scheduled pickup. 

“(The driver) reported to investigators that while he was maneuvering a large container towards the back of the trailer using his tandem trailer axels, Mr. Raad …