Update: Driver Involved in March Crash Arrested on Related Charges

This crash took place in March

Recently, the twenty-year old driver of a vehicle involved in a crash in March of 2022 that resulted in the passengers of the vehicle being seriously injured was arrested on charges related to the crash.

On March 15, 2022, at approximately 4:30 pm, a silver 2012 Hyundai passenger car being driven by Dakota S. Mott, age 20, Seymour, Indiana crashed in the 6600 Block of North County Road 760 East, just north of Seymour.  All three passengers of the vehicle, Isaiah Bogard, age 15, Kathryn Roy, age 17, and Zackery Stout, age 18, were ejected from the vehicle as the vehicle rolled.  All three passengers sustain serious injuries in the crash.

The investigation by Troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team included having Mott submit to toxicology tests.  An examination of the vehicle was conducted which included having the crash data recorder in the vehicle analyzed.

The toxicology results on Mott showed she was operating under the influence of THC (marijuana) at the time of the crash.  The examination of the vehicle indicated that Mott’s vehicle was traveling in excess of 95 miles per hour at the time of the crash.

The investigation was presented to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office which resulted in Dakota Mott being recently charged with Operating While Intoxicated Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Reckless Driving Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.

Mott was arrested recently and transported to the Jackson County Jail where she was incarcerated.

Attached- Arrest Photo of Dakota Mott

*Original Release from March 15, 2022 Follows*

                                                                Twenty-Year Old Driver and Three Teens Injured in Crash

Seymour-This afternoon, March 15, 2022, the Indiana State Police began investigating a single vehicle crash near Seymour, Indiana that resulted in all four occupants being injured.  Two of the occupants were airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital with serious and possible life-threatening injuries.

At approximately 4:30 pm today, Troopers from the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post and Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle crash in the 6600 Block of North County Road 760 East, just north of Seymour in Jackson County, Indiana.

The initial investigation by Troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team indicated that a silver 2012 Hyundai passenger car, being driven by Dakota S. Mott, age 20, Seymour, Indiana, was traveling southbound on County Road 760 East.  For an unknown reason, Mott lost control of the vehicle.  The vehicle left the west side of the roadway before rolling multiple times and coming to a stop.  As a result of the vehicle rolling, three passengers in the vehicle, Isaiah Bogard, age 15, Kathryn Roy, age 17, and Zackery Stout, age 18, all of Seymour, Indiana were ejected from the vehicle. 

Mott was transported to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Indiana for treatment of her injuries.  Bogard was flown to an Indianapolis area hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.  Roy was flown to an Indianapolis area hospital with serious injuries.  Stout was transported by ambulance to an Indianapolis area hospital with serious injuries.        

It is unknown if alcohol or drugs played a roll in the crash.  Investigators believe that speed was a factor in the crash.  The investigation is ongoing. 

The families of all the victims have been notified.

Troopers with the Indiana State Police were assisted by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Jackson County EMS, Redding Township Fire Department, Stat Flight Medical Helicopter, and Hampton Towing.