-UPDATE- Indiana State Police Investigating Fatal Accident In Scottsburg

Five people killed two injured

-OFFICIAL INDIANA STATE POLICE RELEASE-

Rollover Crash in Scottsburg Claims Five Lives

Scottsburg - At approximately 2:00 a.m. on Friday, August 9th, the Scott County Sheriff's Department responded to a single-vehicle crash on North Main Street near Rose Walk Road, just north of Scottsburg.  When officers arrived on the scene, they found Black 2002 Ford Explorer in a field to the east side of the roadway.   The vehicle had extensive damage, and multiple occupants had been ejected.  The sheriff's department requested the assistance of Indiana State Police crash investigators who quickly responded and assumed the investigation.  Two of the seven occupants were trapped inside the vehicle requiring extrication before being rushed to Scott County Memorial Hospital.  Both were later flown to University of Louisville (UofL) Hospital and are in stable condition. 

A preliminary investigation reveals that the Ford Explorer was southbound on Main St. approaching Rose Walk Road. For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the east side of the roadway at an excessive rate of speed.  The car overturned several times before coming to rest in an upright position and facing north in a field off the east side of Main Street.  None of the seven occupants were wearing a seatbelt, and all five of the ejected occupants were pronounced dead on the scene, including a 16-year-old female. 

(Indiana State Police Photo)

The four deceased adult occupants have been identified as Jeremiah James Akers, 18, Deputy, Indiana; Christopher Paul Dry, 18, Indianapolis, Indiana; Wandella Marie Brown, 22, Austin, Indiana; and Elizabeth Michelle Wagner, 20, Lexington, Indiana.  The 16-year-old female who was killed has been identified as Sarah Starling of New Albany, Indiana.  It is believed Wandella Brown was the driver at the time of the crash.   

Adam Wayne Parker, 20, of Austin Indiana was flown to UofL Hospital in Stable condition and is the owner of the vehicle.  Shelby Lynn Griffin, 21, of Texas was also flown to UofL Hospital in stable condition. 

This crash is still under investigation.  Family members of the deceased have been notified. 

Indiana State Police crash reconstructionists were assisted by units from the Scott County Sheriff's Department, the Scottsburg Fire Department, Scott County EMS, the Austin Police Department, and the Scott County Coroner. 

-ORIGINAL STORY-

Indiana State Police is investigating a deadly crash in Scott County. Scottsburg Police Dept. reports five people, three males and two females one of which has been reported to be a juvenile, were killed and two others, a male and a female, were flown to University of Louisville Hospital.

According to Sgt. Carey Huls with Indiana State Police, officers received the call of a crash on North Main Street in Scottsburg around 2 a.m. on Friday. When crews arrived on the scene, they found an SUV in a field on the side of the road. It appears that the SUV was traveling south when it went off of the roadway, rolling multiple times before coming to rest in the field.

"In the middle of the night in a rural area. It is a large crash scene when you have people ejected from the vehicle," according to Huls. "It's just sad. It appears they were probably a group of friends or at least acquaintances together in one vehicle."

No names are being released at this time.