Full Notification

Rollover Crash Claims Life of Passenger

Driver and Infant Passenger Transported to Hospital

Clark County – This afternoon at approximately 3:17, troopers from the Indiana State Police in Sellersburg were dispatched to a rollover crash on eastbound I-265 near the seven mile-marker. Trooper Zack Smith was the first to arrive on scene and found a 2002 Suzuki SUV off the south side of the roadway and resting on its side. The driver and front seat passenger of the vehicle had both been ejected from the vehicle. An 11 month old passenger in the vehicle was found still securely strapped into her child passenger seat in the rear of the vehicle.

A preliminary investigation into the crash reveals that the SUV drove off the south side of the roadway for an unknown reason. After leaving the roadway the vehicle overturned as many as three times before coming to rest on its side approximately 100 feet from the roadway. The investigation is ongoing. Eastbound lanes of the roadway were temporarily closed. All lanes of I-265 were re-opened by 5:30.

The driver of the vehicle, Austin W. Porter, 19, Jeffersonville, was transported via air ambulance to the University of Louisville Hospital and is listed in Critical condition.

The front seat passenger, Taylor N. Johnson, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clark County Coroner.

The rear seat passenger, Lori R. Porter, 11 months, was transported via ambulance to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville and is listed in stable condition.

Troopers were assisted by officers from the Jeffersonville Police Department, the Jeffersonville Fire Department and the Clark County Sheriff’s Department.

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