COLUMBUS, Ind. – UPDATE: The Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office is investigating the death of a local teen from a motor vehicle accident on State Road 46, between Newbern and Hartsville, Tuesday morning.
Coroner Clayton Nolting pronounced Ethan Nielsen, 18, dead at the scene of the accident. He said that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Toxicology testing is performed in all fatal crashes and results should be known in a couple of weeks.
The crash remains under investigation by BCSO.
Original: The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and first responders were on the scene of a single-vehicle crash in the 17000 block of State Road 46 early Tuesday morning. BCSO reports that one person is dead and another individual has been flown to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment.
S.R. 46 is down to one travel lane at this time, and the Sheriff’s Offices says that more information will be released.