WEST HARRISON, Ind. — An early morning accident claims the life of a Lawrenceburg man.
According to the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department, around midnight, Matthew Schemer, 35, was traveling on Harrison-Brookville road near West Harrison, when for unknown reasons, he traveled off the roadway, overcorrected, and lost control of the vehicle striking a utility pole.
When officers arrived on scene, firefighters had already extricated Schemer from the vehicle and had him loaded in the ambulance.
Schemer was transported to the hospital where he pronounced dead.
Investigation of the accident is still ongoing.
