Miami County – Today at approximately 7:05 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and the Miami County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle crash on Wabash Road west of Miami County Road 700 East, in which a Peru man was injured.
The preliminary crash investigation by Troopers Chuck Meyers and Taylor Roth revealed that James White, 52, Peru, IN was driving a 1993 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck eastbound on Wabash Road near Miami County Road 700 East. White lost control on the ice covered road and traveled into a ditch on the north side of the road. The truck rolled at least once, ejecting White.
White was flown by Samaritan Helicopter to a Ft. Wayne hospital. He suffered life threatening injuries.
White was not wearing a seat belt. Troopers believe a seat belt would have prevented his ejection and reduced the severity of injuries suffered in the crash.
At this time, neither the use of alcohol nor narcotics is suspected as having contributed to this crash.
Troopers Meyer and Roth were assisted with the crash investigation by First Sergeant Mike Tomson, ISP Sergeant Rick Brown, Trooper Bart Stouffer, Trooper Dustin Rutledge, and Trooper Taylor Roth.
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