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LEBANON A driver heading in the wrong direction on an interstate in Boone County crashed head-on into another vehicle Monday evening, Dec. 14, killing a Greenfield woman.
Nicole Watson, 22, was traveling north on Interstate 65 south of Lebanon in Boone County when her car, a Saturn Ion, was struck by a GMC Terrain SUV driven by Bill Rainwater, 83, of Indianapolis. Rainwater was traveling south on the wrong side of the highway, according to a report from the Lebanon Police Department. Watson, a graduate of Greenfield-Central High School who was attending Indiana University, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Boone County coroner’s office.
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Greenfield Woman Killed by Wrong-Way Driver in Lebanon
LEBANON, Ind. Lebanon Police say a wrong-way driver caused a crash that killed a woman on I-65 Monday night.
Police say Bill Rainwater, 83, of Indianapolis, was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the interstate when he crashed into the car of 22-year-old Nicole Watson, of Greenfield.
Watson died before she could be taken to the hospital.
All northbound lanes of I-65 were shut down for several hours after the crash.
Police are still investigating.
Updated: 2:30 AM EST December 15, 2020
LEBANON, Ind. A Greenfield woman was killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 65 Monday evening.
According to Lebanon Police, officers responded to a report of a wrong-way driver who was traveling south in the northbound lanes near the 138 mile marker just before 7 p.m. Police were then informed of a head-on crash involving two vehicles at the 136.2 mile marker.
Investigators say 83-year-old Bill Rainwater of Indianapolis was driving the wrong way in a GMC Terrain when he struck a Saturn Ion driven by 22-year-old Nicole Watson of Greenfield.
Watson was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
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