Union County, IN – Sunday afternoon, Indiana State Police Troopers and Union County Sheriff Deputies were called to Nine Mile Road for a report of a serious injury two-vehicle crash. When Troopers arrived, they found that two vehicles had hit head-on and that there were three fatalities at the scene.
The early investigation by Troopers indicates that a Ford Fusion, driven by Savanna Kinder, 23, of Richmond, was southbound when her vehicle ran off the right side of the road. The driver overcorrected and the car came back across the road into the path of a northbound Mercedes car, with the two cars hitting head-on in the northbound lane.
The driver of the Fusion, Savanna Kinder, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Mercedes, Connor Brite, 22 of Decatur, as well as back seat passenger, Jordan Fuelling, 20 of Decatur, also succumbed to their injuries at the scene. A front-seat passenger, Trevor Ortiz, of Decatur, was transported from the scene but later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.
ISP alleges that excessive speed played a role in the cause of the collision. All occupants of both vehicles were wearing safety belts.
