- Wednesday August 13th, 2014 :: 06:31 p.m. EDT
Washington County Sheriff Crashes 
Washington County Sheriff Crashes
Washington County- Today at approximately 2:44 pm, Claude C. Combs, 65, Sheriff of Washington County, crashed his department issued vehicle.
The preliminary investigation revealed Sheriff Combs was travelling west on State Road #60 in rural Washington County, when just west of Henderson Park Road, he experienced a medical issue. His issued vehicle, a black 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe, travelled across the east bound lanes, off of the roadway, striking a ditch and flipping several times before coming to rest.
Sheriff Combs was transported via ground ambulance to the St Vincent Hospital in Salem with non-life threatening injuries.
Sheriff Combs was wearing his seat belt.
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Sgt. Jerry D. Goodin
Address/Location
Indiana State Police-Sellersburg District 45-Sellersburg, IN
8014 Old Indiana 311
Sellersburg, IN 47172
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-246-5424
Jerry Goodin
Public Information
[email protected]
812-248-4364