TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. — A 17-year-old died in a two-car crash on a Tippecanoe County highway Monday afternoon.
Around 3 p.m., deputies from the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office and members of the Purdue Fire Department, Otterbein Volunteer Fire Department, and Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service responded to U.S. Highway 231 North and County Road 600 North on a report of a two-car crash.
Officers found three people who were in a Mercedes Benz GL450 suffering non-life-threatening injuries. Trayvon Trawick, 33, of Lafayette, Indiana, Charisma Jackson, 23, and a 10-year-old passenger were taken to a local hospital for evaluation and released.
The driver and only person in another car, identified as 17-year-old Rebekah Knox of Otterbein, Indiana, died at the scene from her injures, the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office said.
Knox was driving a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am and traveling westbound on County Road 600 North when she came to a stop and the intersection and attempted to turn onto southbound US Highway 231 North. She turned into the path of the Mercedes Benz, the sheriff's office said.
The roadway was closed for roughly four hours on Monday. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The sheriff's office said drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash.