February 27, 2015
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI)
A Shelburn man is dead after a late night car accident
in Sullivan County.
Indiana State Police and Sullivan County emergency agencies
responded to the accident scene on southbound Highway 41, just south of County
Road 850 North at 10:45 p.m. Thursday.
Police tell WISH-TV sister station WTHI News that a
semi truck, carrying explosive material, was stopped at a railroad
crossing when a 2006 Ford Fusion struck the back of the truck at
full speed.
The driver of the car, identified of Dirk A. Bose, 35, of
Shelburn had to be cut out of the vehicle, according to police.
Reports state that the car’s driver was pronounced
dead at the scene, and the semi truck driver, identified as Patricia
Olshefskie-Prenzlin, 45, of Tifton, Ohio, was uninjured.
Police are still investigating the scene.