Miami County – This afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police, the Peru Police Department, and the Miami County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two vehicle crash on U.S. 31 south of Miami County Road 300 South, which severely injured two people.
Preliminary crash investigation by Indiana State Police Trooper Ezariah Bricknell revealed that a 2007 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Floyd Smith, 17, Kokomo IN, was southbound on U.S. 31 near Miami County Road 300 South. For an undetermined reason, the Impala drove across the median and into the northbound lanes of U.S. 31. The Impala struck a northbound 2013 Ford Edge, driven by Megan Burns, 33, Warsaw, IN.
A passenger in the Impala, Terra Hildebrand, 22, Logansport, IN, was airlifted from the crash scene, to a Ft. Wayne hospital, with life threatening injuries. Smith was also flown from the crash scene to a Ft. Wayne hospital. Burns suffered lacerations in the crash.
This is an ongoing investigation, but at this time the use of alcohol is not suspected as having contributed to this crash. Officers allegedly found approximately 20 grams of marijuana and an unidentified powdered substance in the Impala.
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