STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) – Two Mishawaka, Indiana residents were killed and a Indiana State Police Trooper was injured Tuesday afternoon in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road in Steuben County.
The crash happened near the 147.8 mile marker between Angola and Fremont at about 4:00 p.m..
According to a news release issued by the Indiana State Police, Troopers Jacob Bill and Osbaldo Regalado were responding to a reported vehicle crash in LaGrange County.
Both Troopers had their emergency red and blue lights and sirens activated when according to a preliminary investigation, Regalado’s vehicle made an evasive maneuver to avoid slowing traffic, swerving to the right and striking the rear of a SUV driven by 76 year old Terry Lynn Wentworth.
Wentworth’s 74-year-old wife Gloria was a front seat passenger. Both Wentworth’s and Regalado’s vehicles went off the road and collided with a guardrail.
Terry Wentworth was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Steuben County Coroner. Steuben County EMS Paramedics tended to Gloria Wentworth at the scene but she died at the scene from her injuries. Regalado was taken to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne with non-life threatening injuries.
The crash investigation is continuing. A full report will be turned over to the Steuben County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
