North Vernon, In. — A Wednesday crash in Jennings County has claimed the lives of two people according to Indiana State Police.
Around 1 p.m. police responded to a two-vehicle crash on State Road 3 near County Road 25 East. The initial investigation indicates a car driven by Erma M. Campbell, age 78, North Vernon, Indiana was traveling northbound on State Road 3. For an unknown reason, Campbell’s vehicle crossed the centerline into the path of a southbound car driven by Rhonda R. Steinert, age 45, North Vernon, Indiana. The vehicles collided nearly head on in the middle of the roadway.
As a result of the collision, both drivers sustained fatal injuries. Both Campbell and Steinert were pronounced deceased at the scene by the Jennings County Coroner’s Office.
State Road 3 was closed in the area for approximately three hours for crash investigation and cleanup.
The investigation is ongoing.
