TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. – A child was killed and five others were injured in a car crash Wednesday afternoon in Tippecanoe County.
A sheriff’s department spokesman said the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of Old State Road 25 North, which is northeast of Lafayette.
The southbound vehicle “veered left of center and off the roadway. The vehicle overturned and ejected multiple occupants from the vehicle,” authorities said.
One person, who police said was a juvenile, was pronounced dead at the scene.
An air ambulance took two adults to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
Two other children and an adult were being treated at local hospitals.
It is not known what caused the vehicle to crash. The coroner’s office will release the victim’s name.
An investigation is underway.
