1 Shelbyville man dies, another hurt in crash on State Road 44
BENGAL, Ind. (WISH) — An 34-year-old Shelbyville man died Friday night in a crash on a rural stretch of State Road 44, the Shelby County sheriff said in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened about 6:50 p.m. Friday in the 8300 block of State Road 44. That’s near the western Shelby County border with Johnson County, and about 3 miles east of Franklin.
Javier Torres died at the crash scene.
Torres was driving a Dodge Caravan east on State Road 44 when the van crossed into the westbound lanes and struck head-on a Chevrolet pickup.
Kellen Lawson, 18, of Shelbyville, was driving the truck; he was stable at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, said the statement from Sheriff Louie Koch.
No passengers were in either vehicle.