ISP TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT
The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12
WHAT: Personal Injury Crash
WHERE: OLD ROUTE 50 JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 1620E LAWRENCE COUNTY (3 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE)
WHEN: 02/10/2018 3:23 p.m.
VEHICLES: UNIT #1 –BLACK CAR, ALL INFO UNKNOWN
UNIT #2-WHITE, 2000, FORD
DRIVER: UNIT #1-INFORMATION UNKNOWN
UNIT #2-SAMANTHA JO SMITH, 35, PRINCETON, INDIANA
PASSENGERS:
CHARGES: PENDING INVESTIGATION
Transports: SAMANTHA SMITH TRASPORTED TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL VIA LAWRENCE COUNTY AMBULANCE THEN TRANSFERRED TO IU HOSPITAL IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
PRELIMINARY: Preliminary investigative details indicate UNITS 1 AND 2 WERE EASTBOUND ON OLD ROUTE 50 JUST EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 1620E. UNIT 1 WAS PASSING UNIT 2. UNIT 1 DID NOT COMPLETE THE PASS SAFELY AND CUT IN FRONT OF UNIT 2. THIS CAUSED UNIT 2 TO LOSE CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND SKID OUT OF CONTROL. UNIT 2 SLID SIDEWAYS DOWN OLD ROUTE 50, WENT OFF THE ROADWAY, AND STRUCK THE DITCH ON THE SOUTH IDE OF OLD ROUTE 50. UNIT 2 THEN OVERTURNED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN A FIELD. UNIT 2 DRIVER WAS FULLY EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. UNIT 1 CONTINUED ON WITHOUT STOPPING. INFORMATION FOR UNIT 1 IS UNKNOWN.
All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law
