From a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release
An Eaton, Ohio woman was killed Friday afternoon, May 28, on Southgate Hill in Franklin County as a result of a head-on collision.
It was the first day of the Memorial Day weekend.
Vanessa J. Bailey, 56, was declared dead at the scene by the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.
According to the press release, the Indiana State Police Accident Reconstruction Team and Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene determined Vanessa Bailey was traveling southbound on Indiana 1 at 2:12 p.m. She was operating a 2012 Mazda 6. Behind her was her husband, Ronald L. Bailey, 54, Eaton, Ohio. He was operating a 2004 Ram truck pulling a trailer. They crested a hill and entered a left-hand curve near the intersection of Ind. 1 and Old Ind. 1.
Heading northbound was David L. Busse, 74, Dillsboro. He was operating a 2015 Nissan Rogue.
Busse said he may have fallen asleep. He crossed the centerline and struck Vanessa Bailey’s vehicle in a head-on crash apparently beginning at Vanessa Bailey’s driver’s door. The force of the impact caused Vanessa Bailey’s vehicle to go off the west side of Ind. 1 and down a grassy embankment. After the collision, Busse’s vehicle rotated in the southbound lane, striking Ronald Bailey’s trailer.
Busse was transported to a Cincinnati-area hospital by Drewersburg EMS-1 for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Ronald Bailey was treated at the scene by EMS personnel.
The accident is still under investigation pending toxicology results.
FCSD deputies were assisted at the scene by the ISP Accident Reconstruction Team, Cedar Grove and Brookville volunteer fire departments, Responder 24, EMS-1 and the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.
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