Highway Worker Dies in Huntington County Crash

A Huntington County Highway Department worker died yesterday while mowing along a county road. Police say a van crashed into the back of the tractor that 56-year-old Dennis Klepper was driving. Klepper died at the scene on Huntington County Road 300 North, near County Road 500 East. Forty-two-year-old rural Huntington resident Neil Kline drove the van. A helicopter flew Kline from the scene to a Fort Wayne hospital for treatment of chest and leg injuries. Kline was in fair condition at last report.