(Decatur County, IN) – A Shelbyville man was killed in a single-vehicle crash along State Road 3 in Decatur County on the Fourth of July.
Decatur County Communications received a call around 7:46 p.m. Friday about a vehicle heading north on 3 that left the road and went into a cornfield.
Witnesses told Decatur County Sheriff’s deputies that the vehicle initially traveled into the median on the west side of the road before coming back onto 3 and going off the east side of the road. The witnesses said the vehicle went into a cornfield, and that’s where they lost sight of it.
First responders tracked the vehicle down and discovered it crashed into an unoccupied mobile home at 1626 State Road 3.
The driver, who was identified as 50-year-old George Harold Ramsey, was the only occupant of the vehicle and had to be extricated from the wreckage.
Ramsey was taken to Decatur County Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash remains under investigation.
In addition to Decatur County Communications, the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office received assistance from the Greensburg police and fire departments, Decatur County EMS, the Decatur County Coroner’s Office and Tim’s Wrecker Service.
