WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

801 JACKSON STREET

SALEM, INDIANA

812-883-5999

 NEWS RELEASE

 

TYPE OF OCCURRENCE:   Motor Vehicle Accident

DATE OF OCCURRENCE:  Friday, May 10, 2024

REPORTED TIME:  Approximately 6:38pm

LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE:  Near the address of 4630 Mount Zion Church Road

INVESTIGATING OFFICER:  Hailee Lopotosky

ASSISTING OFFICERS:   Deputy Paul Reyling and Sergeant Lucas Gray

 OTHER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED: Washington County Ambulance Service and Pierce-Pole Volunteer Fire Department and Franklin Volunteer Fire Department

  

DETAILS:  

            At approximately 6:38pm, Washington County Deputies and emergency response personnel were dispatched to the area near 4630 Mount Zion Church Road in reference to a motor vehicle accident involving a riding lawnmower.

Carol Sullivan, age 19, of Pekin, Indiana, was traveling north on Mount Zion Church Road in a 2013 Ford Fusion. Sullivan came to a hillcrest when Terry Wells, age 67, of Pekin, Indiana, was on his lawnmower in the roadway turning around. The drivers' statements and evidence at the scene indicated Sullivan attempted to stop but was unable to in time to avoid the collision.

Wells was transported by the Washington County Ambulance Service to University of Louisville Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

 

 Sheriff Brent Miller 

 WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT