Olean, In. — Around noon Wednesday deputies from the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department began investigating a report of reckless driving northbound on State Road 129 near Olean. Soon, an off-duty deputy tracked down the gold Pontiac Grand Am.
Minutes later, Fielding Marcum, 63, of Aurora, drove off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole and a brick retaining wall in the 900 block of State Road 129.
After Marcum was extricated from the vehicle he was flown to an Indianapolis area hospital. His condition is not known. The investigation is ongoing.
