Evening Crash

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Putnam County emergency personnel were dispatched to a one-vehicle accident Thursday evening at 5:12 p.m. on U.S. 231 just north of U.S. 40.

Investigating officer Lt. Donnie Pettit noted that Brian Harlen Baker-Watson, 47, Greencastle, was driving northbound on U.S. 231 in a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van.

As he approached Plessinger's Hill, Baker-Watson advised Pettit that he felt a vibration in the steering wheel, which caused him to travel left of center and eventually overcorrect the vehicle, which resulted in him traveling off the east side of the roadway and overturning.

Pettit advised that Baker-Watson had a minor head injury, but signed a medical release on the scene.

Assisting at the scene was the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, Cloverdale Police Department, Cloverdale Township Volunteer Fire Department, Greencastle Fire Department, Putnam County Community Corrections and Indiana State Police.

Damage was estimated at $2,500-$5,000.

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