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North Webster Man Killed Near Goshen In Accident

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GOSHEN – A North Webster man was killed Friday morning in a one-vehicle accident south of the Goshen city limits.

Pronounced deceased at the scene was Shane Evans, 51, North Webster.

According to an Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office crash news release, the accident occurred at 5:29 a.m. Friday on CR 31, 1.84 miles south of the Goshen city limits.

Evans was traveling northbound on CR 31, north of CR 46, in a 2004 Jeep SUV. He drove left of center, leaving the roadway on the west side of the road, and drove down an embankment, the release states. Evans crashed the front end of the SUV into a tree.

He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.