Press release from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
On Saturday, February 27, at 12:39 p.m., Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the report of a one-vehicle accident with injuries on St. Mary’s Road, east of East Alley Road.
Tracey L. Ratliff, age 53 of Sunman, was operating a 2007 Lincoln Navigator eastbound on St. Mary’s Road. Ratliff reported she met an oncoming westbound large utility truck When she veered to the right, she struck a cement culvert, which caused a tire to blow. Ratliff lost control of the vehicle, causing it to go off the south side of the roadway, overturning, and coming to rest in a creek.
Ratliff was transported by Brookville EMS-2, to Margaret Mary Hospital in Batesville, for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident.
Deputies were assisted at the scene by the Brookville Volunteer Fire Department, Brookville EMS-2 and Responder 24.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jeremy Noah investigated the accident.
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