From an Indiana State Police press release
Henry County- A three-vehicle crash Sunday evening, November 8, on Dublin Pike near 725 East claimed the life of two New Castle residents and sent two others to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Sunday evening around 7:15 p.m., Henry County Sheriff’s Department deputies and Indiana State Police responded to Dublin Pike near 725 East to the report of a three-vehicle crash involving two motorcycles and a passenger car.
Henry County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived to find the passenger car, driven by Blake Nutty, age 37 of Connersville, had gone left of center and struck two motorcycles. Nutty sustained minor injuries from the crash.
The driver of one of the motorcycles, Willie Gene Rose Jr., age 60 of New Castle, and his passenger, Wanda Rose, age 63, were declared dead on scene by the Henry County Coroner.
The driver of the second motorcycle, Willie Gene Rose III, age 39 of New Castle, sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Henry Community Hospital by New Castle EMS. The passenger, Kim Mosier, age 41, was transported to Reid Hospital for non-life threatening injuries by New Castle EMS.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Mark Dupart and the Henry County deputies was that Nutty had drifted left of center striking the oncoming motorcycles. Detective Mark Hanna and Trooper Coley McCutcheon took over to do the crash reconstruction and further investigation of the crash.
Indiana State Police was assisted by New Castle EMS, Henry County Sheriff’s Department, Henry County Coroner, Dublin Fire Department, and the New Lisbon Fire Department.
Press release written by ISP Trooper Matthew Dickerson, public information officer