By John Estridge from a press release by the Indiana State Police
A 16-year-old Rushville juvenile was killed in a one-vehicle accident at 10:40 a.m., Tuesday, September 1.
Kameron Cox, 16, a passenger in the car, was ejected from the vehicle. He was taken by EMS to Rush Memorial Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
According to an Indiana State Police press release, Rush County deputies were called to County Road 350 E just north of 300 N, which is northeast of Rushville.
A 16-year-old male was driving a 2006 Chevy Malibu northbound on CR 350 E at a high rate of speed, when the vehicle disregarded a stop sign at CR 300 N and went airborne over the intersection.
The driver lost control of the car with it leaving the left side of CR 350 E, and hitting a tree broadside. Cox was ejected from the vehicle. The male driver was transported to Rush Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The deputies called in the Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction investigators to the scene. Master Trooper Tom Schwendenman was the lead investigator with the team.
According to the press release, the name of the driver is being withheld as the crash remains under investigation.
Schwendenman was assisted by other Crash Reconstruction Investigators Master Trooper Coley McCutcheon and Trooper Mark Hannah. Also assisting at the scene were The Rush County Sheriff’s Department, Rushville EMS and the Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department.
Source: ISP Sgt. John Bowling, public information officer, Pendleton District