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Four airlifted following Wednesday head-on collision
A head-on collision north of Greencastle sent four individuals to the hospital via helicopter on Wednesday.
Both drivers as well as two passengers in one of the vehicle were taken from the scene.
The accident occurred around 4 p.m. on U.S. 231/North Jackson Street in the area of J&A Auto Sales and North Salem State Bank, just south of the entrance to Edgelea subdivision.
Preliminary investigation by Indiana State Trooper Hunter Mccord, who was assisted by reconstructionist Trooper Rondell Shelton, indicates a 2024 GMC pickup driven by Brad Polster, 47, of Greencastle, was traveling northbound on U.S. 231. For an unknown reason, Polster drifted to the southbound side of U.S. 231 crashing head on into a 2020 Ford van owned by the Indiana Department of Correction.
The van was driven by Tyler Shoemaker, 31, of Knightsville. Shoemaker is employed as a Correctional Officer at the Putnamville Correctional Facility. An additional Correctional Officer and one inmate were also in the van.
Due to the seriousness of the injuries resulting from the accident, all four individuals were transported to hospitals in Indianapolis via air ambulance. Injuries were not life-threatening.
The Indiana State Police was assisted by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Greencastle Police Department, Greencastle Fire Department, Putnam County EMS, PMH Ambulance, Life Line, Stat Flight, INDOT and Curtis Wrecker Service.