GREENDALE, Ind. — State Police said a 19-year-old driver was hit and killed while he was trying to push his car after it broke down in eastern Indiana Thursday night.
The crash happened on U.S. Highway 50 in Greendale near the Indiana-Ohio border.
Investigators said 19-year-old Lee Thomas, of Cleves, Ohio, was going west on U.S. 50 around 7:30 p.m. when his car broke down in the road.
Thomas got out and was trying to push the car while his 15-year-old passenger was steering from the driver's seat.
A driver from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, hit Thomas and the back of Thomas' car, pushing it into the path of another car, which Thomas' car hit before coming to a stop.
Members of the Dearborn County Coroner's Office pronounced Thomas dead at the scene.
The driver who initially hit Thomas and the 15-year-old were treated for minor injuries.
Investigators do not suspect alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash, according to Indiana State Police.
