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South side wreck sends two women to hospital
A T-bone accident on Greencastle's south side damaged three cars and sent two women to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Thursday morning.
Police were dispatched to the intersection of Veterans Highway and Putnamville Street and Cemetery Road at 9:29 a.m., arriving one minute later.
Sgt. Ed Wilson of the Greencastle Police Department told the Banner Graphic that Estelle Edwards, 64, Greencastle, was stopped on Putnamville Street, preparing to turn left onto eastbound Veterans Highway in a 2005 Ford Focus.
Edwards pulled onto Veterans Highway and into the path of a westbound 2001 Pontiac Aztek driven by Geraldine Pritchett, 84, Reelsville.
Pritchett's vehicle T-boned Edwards car on the driver's side, spinning it to the south side of Veterans Highway, where its tail end collided with the front of a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country stopped northbound on Cemetery Road and driven by Erin Creviston, 31, Greencastle.
Total damage was estimated at $5,000-$10,000.
The initial impact popped open the trunk of Edwards' vehicle, scattering the contents of the trunk around the intersection.
Operation Life transported Edwards and Pritchett to Putnam County Hospital.
Greencastle Fire Department also provided medical assistance and cleanup of the scene.
Wilson was assisted at the scene by GPD officers Darrel Bunten and Josh Smith, as well as Sheriff Scott Stockton and Chief Deputy Phil Parker of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.
Due to the extensive amount of debris, officers closed the highway for a time, with additional PCSD deputies keeping traffic at U.S. 231 from entering westbound Veterans Highway.