Two injured after SUV flips off overpass
SHELBY/BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) – Two women from Hope were injured after their vehicle dropped 35 feet down a steep embankment.
It happened Monday around 2:30 p.m. on County Road 1000N along the Shelby-Bartholomew county line.
Police say as their vehicle approached the overpass across Interstate 65, it started veering to the left as it went up a 30-degree incline ice-covered road.
The Jeep hit a curb, went over a guardrail and down an embankment before flipping over in a farm field.
Both women were alert and outside the SUV when deputies arrived, The Republic reports.
Investigators said the vehicle could have crashed onto I-65.
The women were taken to a local hospital to be checked out. They both had minor injuries.