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Man Dies After Two-Vehicle Crash In Salem

Last updated on Friday, July 24, 2015

(SALEM) - A Fredericksburg man died Thursday after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Posey Chapel and Kansas Church roads.

The accident happened around 8:44 a.m.

42-year-old Wade Stephenson was flown from the scene and died at University of Louisville Hospital.

According to police, Stephenson was traveling north in a 1999 Subaru wagon while 19-year-old Jared Portukalian was traveling east in a 2007 Sierra GMC pickup. Police say Portukalian drove through the intersection into Stephenson's path.

The crash remains under investigation by both the Washington County Sheriff's Department and Indiana State Police.

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