JACKSON COUNTY, Indiana — Jackson County authorities are investigating after an 18-year-old died in a crash last week.
The crash was reported around 5:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29 in the 2000 block East of State Road 258, west of Seymour.
An initial investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff's Department revealed a 19-year-old Seymour woman was traveling east on State Road 258 when she lost control of her 2017 Toyota sedan, crossing the center line and hitting a 1993 GMC pickup truck that was traveling westbound head-on.
The woman and her passenger, a 19-year-old from Seymour, were taken to a local hospital with "non-life-threatening injuries" and later released, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
The driver the pickup truck, identified by police as 18-year-old Michael J. Carpenter, of Freetown, was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner's office.
Indiana State Police responded to assist during the crash investigation, which remains ongoing.
