WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO): A 61-year-old is dead after a crash involving two vehicles and a deer this morning.
The Wells County Sheriff’s Office says this morning at 6:46am, a Huntington County man was headed westbound on State Road 124 near the Rock Creek Bridge when his vehicle hit a deer. The animal was launched into the air and landed on an eastbound vehicle, driven by a West Lafayette man.
The driver of the second vehicle suffered facial injuries, while his passenger, 61-year-old Bentura Loya of West Lafayette, was pronounced dead at the scene.