EDINBURGH, Ind. – The Edinburgh Police Department and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal accident on U.S. 31 at Orchard Drive, just north of town, on Friday a little before 8 p.m. There were multiple vehicles involved and several people were injured.
When law enforcement and fire personnel arrived, they located a single occupant in one of the vehicles who was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one in a pickup truck involved in the wreck was injured.
In a secondary collision, another car hit the trailer that had been involved in the initial crash and it was still across the roadway. Two occupants from that vehicle suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital.
U.S. 31 was closed for a significant amount of time for accident investigation and clean-up. Initially, there is no suspicion of impairment. Further details will be released once the investigation is complete and notifications have been made.