From an Indiana State Police press release
Troopers from the Indiana State Police Pendleton Post are investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Indiana 32 near Union City in Randolph County.
Emergency personnel were notified at 8:48 a.m., Thursday morning, September 24, of the crash involving a green 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. Emergency personnel responded quickly to the scene.
Union City Police Department units were first to arrive. Upon their arrival, they found the driver of the vehicle, Bruce N. Lachey II, 70, of Troy, Ohio, had been ejected from the vehicle and was unresponsive. Officers immediately determined Lachey had succumbed to his injuries. He was later formally pronounced deceased by the Randolph County Coroner.
The Indiana State Police assumed the investigation at the request of the Union City Police Department. A preliminary crash investigation by Master Trooper Kyle West revealed Lachey was driving the 2005 Chevrolet eastbound on Ind. 32 traveling towards Union City. As the vehicle proceeded east of Jackson Pike, the vehicle lost control while navigating a curve in the roadway. The vehicle spun clockwise, until the left rear tire left the roadway and struck the ditch on the south side of Ind. 32. The impact with the ditch caused the vehicle to flip multiple times. Lachey, whom is not believed to have been wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle as it flipped.
Ind. 32 was shut down as a result of the crash for more than an hour due to the lengthy cleanup and investigation. Assisting, at the crash scene, were Indiana State Police Master Trooper Paul Harrison, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the Union City Police Department, Union City Fire and EMS, Barnett’s Towing, and the Randolph County Coroner Tim Crawford.
Notification has been made to the immediate family members of the deceased. The investigation is ongoing, pending autopsy and toxicology results.
Indiana State Police Trooper C. Ryan Davis, public information officer, Pendleton District