GREENWOOD – Troopers from the Indiana State Police are investigating a single vehicle roll-over crash that claimed a life Thursday morning.
At 11:30 a.m., dispatchers began receiving emergency calls about a serious crash on I-65 northbound at the 100.5-mile marker, which is the exit ramp to County Line Road. Officers from the Greenwood Police Department along with the Greenwood Fire Department were the first responders on the scene. A pick-up truck was on its side and responders found a woman pinned under the truck, she was unresponsive. The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene, a male passenger was alert and conscious and he was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Indiana State Police Crash Reconstructionists were called to the scene to assist with the investigation. Preliminary investigation determined the driver of the pick-up truck ran off the roadway to the right for unknown reasons into the grass ditch, then back onto the roadway. The truck slid sideways and began to roll several times. There was no indication of what caused the driver to leave the roadway.
The Johnson County Coroner responded to the scene and recovered the remains of the deceased. The identity of the victim is being withheld at this time to allow for notification to family members. The investigation is ongoing and there is no further information to release at this time.
The northbound ramp to County Line Road, along with the right lane of northbound I-65 was closed for approximately four hours while the crash was investigated and the wreckage was removed. All lanes have since reopened.
The Indiana State Police was assisted by the Greenwood Police Department, the Greenwood Fire Department, the Johnson County Coroner’s Office, and the Indiana Department of Transportation.
