Driver dies after pickup truck crashes into tree in Kosciusko County
Nov 18, 2024
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man died Monday morning after his truck swerved off the road and hit a tree, according to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies and medics responded to the scene shortly before 8 a.m. on Old Road 30, east of Old Trail Road in Washington Township. A pickup truck pulling a trailer was found in a nearby ditch.
Pickup truck driver killed in Kosciusko County crash (Courtesy Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office)
Pickup truck driver killed in Kosciusko County crash (Courtesy Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office)
Investigators determined a man was driving through a curve on Old Road 30 when the truck left the road but rebounded and slid across the opposite lanes into a ditch, where it hit a tree.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The sheriff's department identified the man as 44-year-old Christopher Rinehart from North Webster.
The crash is still under investigation.