Two men killed in Ripley County crash
Nov 26, 2024
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. -- A Tuesday afternoon crash claimed the lives of two Ripley County men.
According to Indiana State Police, just before 3 p.m. multiple first responders responded to a crash on US 421 just north of Versailles involving a 2001 Ford F-450 dump truck and a semi.
The preliminary investigation indicates that the dump truck, driven by 24-year-old Nathan M. Vogelsang of Dillsboro, was traveling southbound on US 421 near County Road 100 North when he lost control of the vehicle.
The dump truck crossed the center line into the path of a northbound semi pulling a Mack box trailer being driven by Oleh Hrudneko, 34, of Buffalo, Illinois. The vehicles were involved in a near head-on collision in the northbound lane.
Vogelsand and his passenger, 19-year-old Landen J.W. Comer of Osgood, sustained fatal injuries in the crash and were both pronounced dead at the scene. Hrudneko sustained minor injuries in the crash.
Investigators said there were no initial indications alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.
US 421 was closed for approximately five hours for the crash investigation and cleanup, with investigators staying on the scene late into the evening.