TIPTON COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana State Police detectives are investigating a deadly crash that happened Monday afternoon in Tipton County.
ISP officers and Tipton County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a four-vehicle crash June 5 shortly after noon at the intersection of State Road 28 and County Road 1050 West.
Investigators preliminarily believe a 40-year-old Frankfort man and 42-year-old Tipton man were driving pickup trucks pulling anhydrous tanks westbound on State Road 28 when a Volkswagen, driven by a 17-year-old, attempted to pass the two pickup trucks and sideswiped the first pickup truck and a semi-truck, driven by 57-year-old Matthew Marley, of Rossville, going eastbound on State Road 28.
According to ISP, the semi-truck lost control, crossed the center line and crashed into the second pickup truck head-on. That's when the semi-truck landed on top of the pickup truck.
Police said the second pickup truck driver and Marley, the semi-truck driver, were flown to Indianapolis hospitals for treatment. The second pickup truck driver's condition is said to be stable, but Marley died at the hospital from his injuries.
According to police, medics took the 17-year-old to IU Tipton Hospital for minor injuries.
The first pickup truck driver was not injured, police said.
Alcohol or drugs were not believed to be factors in the crash.
Tipton County is roughly 50 miles north of downtown Indianapolis.