AUBURN â A one-car crash claimed the life of an Auburn man Saturday afternoon, the Indiana State Police said.
Joshua Charles Clifford, 24, of Auburn was killed while riding in a car that crashed on C.R. 21, near C.R. 34, northwest of Auburn.
At approximately 3 p.m. Saturday, DeKalb County dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a vehicle crash in the area of DeKalb C.R. 21, just south of C.R. 34. Senior Trooper Anthony Canul was the first trooper to arrive and took charge of the investigation.
Canulâs preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 3 p.m., Guadalupe Alfredo Cruz, 25, of Ashley, was driving his 2007 Honda Accord passenger car northbound on C.R. 21, approaching C.R. 34. He lost control on the gravel road surface, and the car slid sideways before running off the roadway. It continued sideways until the passenger side of the car struck a tree.
LAGRANGE â Travis Glick has been nominated by the LaGrange County Republican Party to fill the soon to be vacant job of LaGrange County Prosecutor.
Glick was nominated Tuesday night to fill the final two years of the prosecutorâs term in office by a caucus of Republican precinct committee members.
Glick, 38, had served as the LaGrange County Prosecutorâs office chief deputy. He will replace Greg Kenner, the current LaGrange County Prosecutor who will retire at the end of this year. Kenner has two years left on his current term, and nominated Glick, saying Glick was the right person to take over as the countyâs prosecutor.
AUBURN â A truck driver who caused a triple-fatality crash three months ago on Interstate 69 north of Auburn will not be charged with a crime, DeKalb County Prosecutor Claramary Winebrenner said Tuesday.
On Sept. 16 at 3:18 p.m., James Crager, 70, of Angola drove his semi into a line of traffic that was slowing or stopped for construction. The chain-reaction crash killed William Heil, 65, of Lake James, Angola, and married couple Dale E. Lowe, 81, and Jean E. Lowe, 72, of Charlotte, Michigan.
âAll of the evidence in this case confirms that Mr. Crager did not see the stopped and slowed traffic until it was too late. Most other drivers did see this hazard, but inattentiveness alone is not a crime,â Winebrenner said in a news release Tuesday.