COLUMBUS, Ind. — Earlier this month, an Owen County woman was killed on State Road 46 by debris falling from a truck.
Sarah Carr, 31, of Spencer, was on State Road 46 near Flatwoods Road when a brake drum from a truck fell off the vehicle and went through her windshield striking her in the head. After the impact, the car went down an embankment and struck a utility pole. A passenger sustained minor injuries. Carr was transported to a Bloomington hospital where she was pronounced dead.
A second car was also damaged by the brake drum.
The AAA Hoosier Motor Club says there have been 200,000 debris-related crashes over the last four years causing 39,000 injuries and 500 deaths. The report says 37 percent of all such crashes are caused by drivers swerving to miss the objects in the roadway. Thirty percent of debris-related accidents occur between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The Owen County Sheriff’s Department continues to search for the truck.