EDINBURGH, Ind. – The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Edinburgh Police Department responded to a fatal accident on southbound U.S. 31, between State Road 252 and County Road 650S, on Tuesday afternoon.
Two witnesses at the scene told law enforcement that they saw a vehicle in the fast lane swerving and crossing the yellow line several times and it appeared that the vehicle had overcorrected and ended up sliding across two lanes and hitting a ditch at a high rate of speed. The impact reportedly threw one person from the car.
The driver of the car, Rita Britton, of Franklin, was transported to IU Health Methodist Hospital where she died. The passenger, Vicki Alexander, of Greenwood, is in serious condition at the same hospital.