DALEVILLE, Ind. — Indiana State Police is investigating after a deadly crash on Interstate 69 early Sunday morning.
ISP responded to a report of a wrong-way driver on I-69 near mile marker 234, just east of Anderson, shortly after 2 a.m. Nov. 12.
Upon arrival, officers found multiple damaged vehicles blocking all southbound lanes of I-69. The preliminary investigation determined there was a head-on collision between a Kia driving the wrong way and a Chevrolet going southbound.
The driver and passenger of the Chevrolet, 32-year-old Victoria Elaine Cox and 26-year-old Evan Daniel Cox, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the wrong-way car was taken to a local hospital before being flown to an Indianapolis-area hospital.
Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in this crash, according to police.
The southbound lanes of I-69 were shut down for approximately four and a half hours for the investigation and clean up.