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May 5, 2021 / 06:01 AM EST
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) – A juvenile is dead following a Tuesday evening crash in Tippecanoe County, according to the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office.
Just after 7 p.m., deputies responded to the intersection of US Highway 52 South and County Road East 700 South after several calls about a crash with injuries.
Deputies said their early investigation indicates that a semi, driven by 38-year-old Joshua Mays, was traveling south on US Highway 52 South when a northbound 2014 Buick Regal driven by a Lafayette, Indiana juvenile crossed the center line. It’s unknown at this time why the Buick crossed the center line and went into the southbound lane.
Teenager dies in crash at U.S. 52 south of Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Sixteen-year-old Evan Anders of Lafayette died Tuesday night in a crash at U.S. 52 and Tippecanoe County Road 700 South, according to the Tippecanoe County Sheriff s Office and Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello.
Anders, who was a McCutcheon High School student, was northbound in a 2014 Buick Regal about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday and crossed into the southbound lane, where he collided with a southbound semi driven by Joshua Mays, 38, of Crown Point, according to the sheriff s office.
Investigators do not know what caused Anders to drive into the southbound lanes.