Just after 5:00 pm Sunday, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the intersection of SR 9 and E 450 N in ref to a two vehicle personal injury crash.

A 2005 Chevrolet Astro and a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado were both heavily damaged.  The driver of the Astro, William Jett, 69, of Seymour, had been ejected from his vehicle and was flown by Lifeline to an Indianapolis hospital.  

The driver of the Silverado, David Nickerson, 45, of Columbus, was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment.

According to numerous witnesses, Jett’s vehicle was traveling southbound on SR 9 approaching E 450 N when he braked heavily for an uninvolved vehicle turning westbound onto E 450 N from SR 9.  Jett appeared to lose control of his vehicle causing it to spin into the northbound lane where it was struck by the vehicle driven by Nickerson.

Conditions are unknown at the time of this report.