ISP: 8-month-old dies after Miami County crash
UPDATE: Indiana State Police confirmed Friday morning that the 8-month-old infant died at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday.
PERU, Ind. (WISH) — A state police captain and other good Samaritans were credited with reviving an 8-month-old infant in a Tuesday morning crash, authorities say.
Indiana State Police and the Miami County Sheriff’s Office at about 8:05 a.m. Tuesday were sent to a two-vehicle crash on Old U.S. 31 at County Road 1000 North. That’s near the rural community of Perrysburg in northern Miami County, which is about a 90-minute drive north of Indianapolis.
State police Capt. Jeremy Kelly and the good Samaritans gave CPR after finding 8-month-old Gunner Berggren not breathing and without a pulse. He regained a pulse before being taken to a South Bend hospital, state police said in a news release. Police say Berggren died at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday.
Investigators determined Kristy Berggren, 31, of Macy, was driving a 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander SUV westbound on County Road 1000 North and had stopped at Old U.S. 31. When moving into the intersection, the SUV when struck by a southbound 2002 Ford F-250 truck driven by Derek Bradley, 38, of Rochester. Bradley had the right of way and was not required to stop, state police say.
Kristy Berggren was initially taken to Dukes Memorial Hospital. She was later taken to a South Bend hospital with a neck injury.
Lilliana Stroud, 5, of Macy, a passenger in the Mitsubishi, was taken to Dukes Memorial Hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening injuries.
Bradley was not injured.
Neither alcohol nor narcotics are suspected as being contributing factors in the crash, state police say.