DECATUR CO. – This morning shortly after 8 a.m., the Indiana State Police began investigating a two-vehicle crash on US 421 in southern Decatur County that resulted in the death of an Osgood man.
The initial investigation by Master Trooper David Owsley, Indiana State Police-Versailles District Crash Reconstruction Team, indicated that a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze, driven by Noah Seals, 26, of Osgood, was traveling south on U.S. 421 near County Road 600 South.
For an unknown reason, Seals’ vehicle crossed the centerline into the path of a northbound 2016 Mack dump truck being driven by Patrick Stroud, 38, of Vevay. The vehicles collided nearly head-on in the northbound lanes of U.S. 421.
After the collision, both vehicles left the roadway before coming to rest. As a result of the collision, Seals sustained fatal injuries. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Decatur County Coroner’s Office.
Stroud sustained minor injuries in the crash. He was transported to the Decatur County Hospital where he was treated and released.
The crash remains under investigation. Toxicology results are pending although alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be factors in the crash.
U.S. 421 was closed for nearly four hours for crash investigation and cleanup.
The Indiana State Police was assisted by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office, Decatur County EMS, Napoleon Fire Department, and the Decatur County Coroner’s Office.
