Jackson County crash claims life of Brownstown man

A 76-year-old Jackson County man died in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday. “The Tribune” in Seymour says the crash happened shortly after noon on U.S. 50 just west of Brownstown. The newspaper says that Lonnie Delph, of Brownstown, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck on U.S. 50, just east of the bridge over the East Fork White River.

According to the report, Delph was driving west on U.S. 50 when an east-bound box truck driven by 54-year-old Scott Ortlieb, of Seymour, crossed the center-line. The paper cites the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in saying that Delph’s vehicle rolled at least twice before coming to rest off the north side of U.S. 50. The box truck also wound up going off of the north side of the road and into floodwaters from the river.

The report says that Ortlieb was taken to Schneck Medical Center for evaluation. His condition has not been updated.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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