COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Columbus Police Department (CPD) is investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 65 on Sunday evening. Officers responded to a report of the accident near mile marker 64.5 at around 8:15 p.m.
Investigators advised that a pickup truck was northbound in the I-65 construction area when the driver first struck some construction barrels and then hit a concrete barrier wall causing the vehicle to flip on its roof.
The driver of the truck was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the victim is still being withheld pending notification of family.
The incident remains under investigation by CPD crash reconstructionists.
