COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Coroner's Office on Tuesday released the name of a man that was found dead near Haw Creek, at Marr and Rocky F.
Jan 18, 2021 / 01:36 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) An Edinburgh man has died following a Sunday night crash in Columbus.
The Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as 53-year-old Musa Rahmani.
The coroner’s office said he died of blunt force trauma to the head and chest.
Investigators say he was the passenger in a vehicle that lost control while traveling northbound on U.S. 31 near Indianapolis Road.
The vehicle struck a semi, ejecting Rahmani from the vehicle.
The driver of the semi was uninjured. The person driving the vehicle containing Rahmani was taken to an Indianapolis hospital.
The Columbus Police Department is investigating the accident.
Jan 18, 2021 / 01:06 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) – A child is dead following a Sunday afternoon crash in Bartholomew County.
According to the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office, just after 4:30 p.m. authorities responded to the area of East 25th Street, west of County Road 650 East for a single-vehicle crash.
The office says 10-year-old Kayydence Mings was pronounced dead at the scene.
Katelyn Mings, the child’s mother, was driving the westbound 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. Kayydence Mings was in the backseat at the time of crash.
The details surround the deadly crash are unknown at this time as the incident remains under investigation.
Looking ahead: ASAP looks to bolster community response to drug crisis in 2021
Alliance for Substance Abuse Progress leaders are planning to look at how they can bolster the community-wide response to substance use disorder over the next year amid a worsening drug overdose crisis that has claimed 101 lives in Bartholomew County since 2017, including at least 30 last year.
Much of the focus for 2021 involves addressing gaps in Bartholomew County’s ability to help people overcome substance use disorder and evaluating the capacity and need for local inpatient treatment options, ASAP officials said.
Among the gaps highlighted by ASAP officials were a potential inpatient medically supervised detox program in Bartholomew County, more recovery housing for women and the possibility of additional ASAP-run recovery homes, said ASAP Executive Director Doug Leonard.