1 killed in single vehicle crash in Laporte County
Published: Jan. 23, 2021 at 2:58 PM EST
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - One person died after an early morning car crash in LaPorte County.
A white 2015 Hyundai Tucson had been traveling southbound on SR39 when it entered a curve.
For an unknown reason, the driver didn’t navigate the curve and left the roadway before colliding head-on with a tree.
Police found the car fully engulfed in flames Saturday morning in the area of SR 39 and CR 1800 South in rural Prairie Township around 1 a.m.
The driver, 45-year-old Lorie Myers, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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