A father and son were killed over the weekend in a car - tractor trailer accident.

Shortly after 2:00 am Sunday, emergency crews were dispatched to the intersection of US 30 and CR 875 W for a two-vehicle collision. According to the preliminary results of the ongoing investigation, conducted by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Fatal Team, a 2011 Mazda, driven by Marlin Fuentes, 32, of Goshen,  was traveling southbound on CR 875 W approaching US 30.  A semi-tractor trailer driven by Paul Banks, 44, of Bridgman, Michigan, was traveling westbound on US 30, approaching CR 875 W.

Evidence indicates that Fuentes failed to yield to the semi-tractor at the intersection. The semi-tractor struck the driver’s side door of the Mazda; killing the driver and passenger. Fuentes and a passenger, his son, Marlin, Jr., 10, were killed in the collision.

Banks was not injured.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Etna Green Fire Department, Atwood Fire Department, Lutheran EMS and Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office responded to the accident scene.