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Heritage Lake man dies in crash in New Winchester

Thursday, June 8, 2023
A Heritage Lake man was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash in New Winchester after a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer with an oversized load.
Courtesy Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office

NEW WINCHESTER — A Putnam County man died in a head-on collision in western Hendricks County Wednesday morning.

Alan Blackledge, 64, Coatesville (Heritage Lake), was killed when the pickup he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer at New Winchester.

Hendricks County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene at U.S. 36 east of State Road 75 at approximately 11:15 a.m. when the crash was reported to the Hendricks County Communications Center.

The preliminary investigation shows that Blackledge’s Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling westbound on U.S. 36 when, for an unknown reason, the it abruptly traveled across the center line and struck a Freightliner semi tractor and trailer carrying an oversized load.

Blackledge was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the pickup truck was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threating injuries. The driver of the semi-tractor was not injured.

Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office crash reconstructionists in addition to the Hendricks County Coroner’s Office are investigating the crash.

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  • You seriously published this photo on a "pending notification" of the family , wow , just wow

    -- Posted by skidbarn on Wed, Jun 7, 2023, at 3:50 PM

  • Agreed

    -- Posted by putnamcountyproud on Wed, Jun 7, 2023, at 9:04 PM

  • As to publishing the photo- it was shown on the Indy news yesterday afternoon.

    -- Posted by Alfred E. on Thu, Jun 8, 2023, at 7:49 AM

  • You people got nothing better to complain about. Give us a brake.

    -- Posted by Lbsheff52 on Thu, Jun 8, 2023, at 10:25 AM

  • The passenger had non-life-threatening injuries, so I would think (s)he could identify who was driving the pick-up truck. They probably needed time to notify extended family that might not see this post.

    -- Posted by howsthishappen on Thu, Jun 8, 2023, at 11:23 AM

  • I remember when I had accident with a semi downtown Greencastle and when I got home it was in the banner- I felt like good grief short drive home-where is my privacy and had tons friends calling me. It was also on facebook.

    -- Posted by oldschool68 on Fri, Jun 9, 2023, at 7:12 PM

  • Alan is/was my husband. I want you to know they gave me enough time to call all my children and meet at his mothers home before they posted his name. I feel like the people of Putnam and Hendricks County are good and caring.

    -- Posted by lauralblackledge on Sun, Jun 11, 2023, at 6:13 AM
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