Coroner: Man dies in crash on rural road in Morgan County

Coroner: Man dies in crash on rural road in Morgan County

UPDATE: The Morgan County Coroner has identified the victim as 19-year-old Brayden Mechling, of Martinsville.

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A person died Thursday afternoon in a crash on a rural Morgan County road, the county coroner says.

Coroner Michael Ellis said in a news release issued Thursday night that the person who died in the crash will be identified once relatives are notified.

The crash happened about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Egbert Road. That road is about 4 miles long and extends east from the unincorporated community of Adams, which is south of the I-69 exit for Henderson Ford Road. It’s about a 35-minute drive southwest of downtown Indianapolis.

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the Morgan County EMS, and the Washington Township Fire Department responded to the crash, the coroner says.

No additional information about the crash was provided in the news release.