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19-year-old dies when car crashes into tree

Lights on top of an ambulance. (WISH Photo)

SPICELAND, Ind. (WISH) — A 19-year-old man died in a Monday afternoon crash on State Road 3 just south of the Henry County town of Spiceland, Indiana State Police says.

Dillon Michael J. Conlin died when the black 2010 Ford Focus car he was driving crashed into a tree.

The car left the road for an unknown reason, state police say.

Investigators say speed played a role in the fatal crash. Also, Conlin was not wearing a seat belt.

The crash happened before 12:10 p.m. Monday south of County Road 700 South.

Spiceland, a town of 955 residents, is about an hour’s drive east of downtown Indianapolis.