Rush County, IN — A single-vehicle crash in Rush County Tuesday morning claimed the life of a Rushville teen and injured another. Rush County Deputies were called to County Road 350 East, just north of County Road 300 North, for a report of a vehicle off the left side of the road into a tree. Two teenage victims were transported from the scene by Rushville E.M.S. to Rush Memorial Hospital. Deputies then summoned Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction Investigators to the scene to investigate the crash.
The preliminary investigation by troopers indicates that the 2006 Chevy Malibu, driven by a 16-year-old male from Rushville, was northbound on CR 350 E at a high rate of speed when the vehicle disregarded the stop sign at CR 300 N and went air born over the intersection.
The driver lost control of the car with it leaving the left side of CR 350 E and hitting a tree broadside. The passenger, Kameron Cox, age 16 of Rushville, was ejected from the vehicle. Cox later succumbed to his injuries at Rush Memorial Hospital. The male driver was transported with non-life-threatening injuries.
The name of the driver is currently being withheld as the crash remains under investigation.
