E-Bike Crash Sends Mt. Carmel Woman To Evansville Hospital
On 9/17/24, at 4:32 pm, Mt. Carmel Police responded to a vehicle versus e-bike collision on Hydraulic Ave just north of the 4th Street intersection. MCPD along with the Wabash County Sheriff’s Office, Wabash General Ambulance Service, and Mt. Carmel Fire Department responded to the scene and found that a black e-bike, operated by Stephanie A. Holder, age 40, of Mt. Carmel, was traveling northbound when she collided with a white 2002 Dodge truck operated by a 17-year-old male juvenile traveling southbound. Holder was taken to an Evansville, Indiana area hospital with significant injuries. A witness near the old Twin Rivers Restaurant noted the Dodge did not appear to be speeding or driving recklessly, before the collision. Another individual on a different motorized bike was unharmed as they traveled ahead of Holder. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.