Properly Installed Child Safety Seat Saves Four Year Old from Injuries
Vigo County—This morning at 01:17, Indiana State Police troopers and Terre Haute Fire Department units responded to a one-vehicle rollover crash on westbound Interstate 70 near the 11 mile marker.
Preliminary investigation revealed 28-year-old Autumn Renee Stone of Brazil, IN. was operating her 2004 Ford Explorer westbound on I-70 in the passing lane. For unknown reason (s) she swerved to the right, traveled across the driving lane, down an embankment and rolled over two or more times before coming to rest upright north of the interstate.
Autumn R. Stone was transported to Terre Haute Regional for possible internal injuries and was cited for Driving While Suspended (Prior). Additional citations may be possible. Her four-year-old son was seated in a properly installed child safety seat and was not injured.
A front seat passenger, Chastity Lynn Lich, age 38, of Terre Haute, IN. was a front seat passenger and had to be extricated by the Terre Haute Fire Department. Lich was transported to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for treatment of suspected spinal injuries.
I have no condition update nor photos of the crash.
The crash was investigated by ISP Trooper Rondell Shelton. Assisting were ISP Trooper David Petrowski, Terre Haute Fire/Rescue/EMS and the Terre Haute Police Department.
Under the Law, criminal charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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SGT. JOE WATTS
