Update (9:38 p.m.)
A passenger was airlifted and two drivers suffered minor injuries after a car collision in Ripley County Friday morning.
Robert Brown, 53, of Indianapolis, had just exited eastbound I-74 at S.R. 101 at Exit 156 in a Chevy Malibu.
Police say it was at the top of the ramp where he failed to yield to a pickup truck heading south driven by Johnny Norman, 71, of Batesville.
The vehicles collided and the impact forced the Malibu down the embankment on the southeast side of the interchange.
46-year-old Angela Brown was a passenger in the Malibu. She had to be extricated from the vehicle before being flown to University of Cincinnati Hospital for apparent non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Both drivers suffered minor abrasions. Police issued Robert Brown with a citation for failure to yield.
Indiana State Troopers were assisted on the scene by the Ripley County Sheriff’s Office, Sunman Fire, Sunman EMS and U.C. Aircare.
First Report (11:50 a.m.)
PENNTOWN — Aircare is responding to the scene of a car accident at the I-74 and S.R. 101 interchange Friday morning.
Emergency crews were called out around 11:15 a.m. Indiana State Police and Sunman Fire & EMS are currently on the scene.
Dispatchers confirmed at least one person is being flown from the accident for treatment.
WRBI will keep you up-to-date on this developing story.
