Winamac Woman Dies In Fulton County Crash Involving Bourbon Man
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Jackie Gorski-jgorski@timesuniononline.com
At about 2:07 p.m. Tuesday, officers from the Indiana State Police and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ind. 114 and Fulton CR 1275E, in which a Winamac woman died.
The preliminary crash investigation by Senior Trooper Todd Trottier revealed that Denise Payne, 45, Winamac, was driving a 2017 Jeep Renegade northbound on CR 1275E, approaching a stop sign at Ind. 114. Payne stopped the Jeep at the stop sign and then proceeded onto Ind. 114. The Jeep pulled into the path of an eastbound 1992 International semi-tractor that was pulling a trailer loaded with grain, according to a news release from the ISP. The semi-tractor, driven by Russell Feldman, 62, Bourbon, hit the Jeep in the driver's door.
Payne was pronounced dead at the crash scene. Feldman was not injured.
This is an ongoing investigation. Neither the consumption of alcoholic beverages nor narcotics is suspected as having contributed to this crash, according to the release.
Trottier was assisted at the crash scene by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, Lutheran Hospital EMS, Henry Township Fire Department, ISP Lt. Brad Weaver, ISP Sgt. Rick Brown and Troopers Doug Weaver, Dustin Rutledge and Aaron Schaal.
