SEYMOUR, Ind. (WRTV) — Two adults and a 1-year-old boy died early Sunday after a person driving the fallacious approach on I-65 crashed into one other automotive close to Seymour, Indiana State Police say.
Police stated a caller reported the head-on crash simply after 2:30 a.m. within the southbound lanes of I-65 in Jackson County, about one mile south of Seymour.
Investigators decided that 51-year-old Theosco Middlebrooks of Louisville, was touring northbound within the southbound lanes in a 2005 Jeep Liberty. Police stated Middlebrooks crashed head-on right into a 2023 Ford Escape pushed by 31-year-old Alyssa Osborn of Scottsburg.
Middlebrooks and Osborn each died on the scene.
Osborn’s 1-year-old son, Waylon, was critically injured and was taken to a hospital the place he later died.
Police stated the kid was correctly restrained in a automotive seat within the rear passenger facet of the automobile.
Investigators imagine alcohol consumed by Middlebrooks “likely played a role in the crash.” Toxicology outcomes had been pending as of Sunday night.
All southbound lanes of I-65 simply south of Seymour had been closed for about 4 hours for investigation and cleanup. The investigation is ongoing.