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26-year-old man, 32-year-old woman killed in wrong-way crash on I-69 near Anderson

The crash happened just after 2 a.m. Sunday around the 234 mile marker in Daleville.

DALEVILLE, Ind. — Indiana State Police is investigating after a deadly crash on Interstate 69 early Sunday morning.

ISP responded to a report of a wrong-way driver on I-69 near mile marker 234, just east of Anderson, shortly after 2 a.m. Nov. 12.

Upon arrival, officers found multiple damaged vehicles blocking all southbound lanes of I-69. The preliminary investigation determined there was a head-on collision between a Kia driving the wrong way and a Chevrolet going southbound. 

The driver and passenger of the Chevrolet, 32-year-old Victoria Elaine Cox and 26-year-old Evan Daniel Cox, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the wrong-way car was taken to a local hospital before being flown to an Indianapolis-area hospital.

Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in this crash, according to police.

The southbound lanes of I-69 were shut down for approximately four and a half hours for the investigation and clean up.

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