HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. — Police said a driver passing on a highway curve near Noblesville struck two vehicles before being ejected from his car Tuesday.
A Hamilton County Sheriff's Department spokesperson said the collision happened around 3:42 p.m. on State Road 19 between Field Drive and 196th Street.
A preliminary investigation indicates a Mitsubishi Eclipse was going south on State Road 19, and according to witnesses, "was operating in a reckless and dangerous manner since approximately the 24900 block of State Road 19."
The spokesperson said the driver of the Eclipse started to pass a Dodge 5500 on a curve and, once in the northbound lane, the "Eclipse struck the Dodge 5500 on the driver’s side of the vehicle causing the Mitsubishi to lose control and then striking the Buick Encore head on, that was north bound on State Road 19."
The driver of the Eclipse was ejected in the crash and was taken by helicopter to an Indianapolis hospital with severe head and body trauma.
The driver of the Buick was taken to a hospital with a complaint of back pain.
No other injuries were reported.
The accident is under investigation by the sheriff's department's crash investigation team.
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