20-year-old dies in State Street car crash Tuesday night

Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

Updated at 10:25 a.m.

A 20-year-old Columbus woman died in the crash of an SUV last night at State Roads 46 and 7.

Cheyenne M. Wray was driving into Columbus from Elizabethtown at about 9:50 last night when her vehicle went off the road and rolled several times, says County Coroner Clayton Nolting. She was ejected from the vehicle and died from major blunt force trauma, Nolting said. Wray would have turned 21 next week.

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department reports that 28-year-old Vincent Eddelman of Columbus was a passenger in the vehicle and also thrown from the crash. He was flown by Lifeline Helicopter to an Indianapolis hospital, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Eddelman told deputies that Wray had a problem with a tire that caused her to lose control of the vehicle. The accident remains under investigation.

Columbus Township Fire Dept, along with Columbus Regional Health Ambulance assisted at the crash site.