(Lawrenceville, IN) – We now know the names of the persons involved in a deadly wreck last Friday morning in northern Dearborn County.
Indiana State Police say 87-year-old George Dever of Sunman man was killed and a passenger in his vehicle was seriously injured in the two-vehicle crash on State Road 46 in Lawrenceville.
Troopers say the initial investigation determined that Dever’s 2018 Dodge Caravan was northbound on Lawrenceville Road at State Road 46 around 8 a.m., when his minivan pulled onto 46 and into the path of a 2021 Ford F-450 driven by 18-year-old Wyatt Kruthaupt of Batesville.
ISP says the front of Kruthaupt’s pickup truck hit the driver’s side of Dever’s vehicle.
Dever was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in his vehicle, 66-year-old James Sterwerf of Milan, was seriously injured and flown by medical helicopter to the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing, and toxicology results are pending.
Troopers from the ISP Versailles Post received assistance from State Police Crash Reconstructionists; Motor Carrier Inspectors with the ISP-Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division; the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office; Sunman Fire Department and EMS; St. Leon Fire Department; Bright EMS; the Dearborn County Coroner’s Office, and the Indiana Department of Transportation.
