(Decatur County, IN) – A Columbus resident was killed and another seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on the 10,200 block of West County Road 100 South near Burney.
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Danielle Mills was a passenger in a pickup truck that went off the south side of 100 South near County Road 1050 West.
Mills was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, 32-year-old Bearette Messina, also of Columbus, was flown to an Indianapolis hospital.
The crash remains under investigation, but deputies say excessive speed was a contributing factor.
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Burney Volunteer Fire Department, Letts Fire/EMS, Decatur County EMS, the Greensburg Fire Department, Decatur County Dispatch, the Decatur County Coroner’s Office, Indiana State Police, and Statflight Air Ambulance.
