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Trafalgar woman killed in Friday two-vehicle crash

A fatality was reported in a Friday afternoon Johnson County crash.

Just after 3:30 p.m., the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an automobile accident at State Road 135 and County Road 500W in Trafalgar. 

Jeremiah J. May,16, of Morgantown, was driving a 2013 GMC Sierra truck. Hugh K. Gossage, 79, of Trafalgar, was operating a 2005 GMC Sierra truck with Mary L. Gossage, 79, of Trafalgar, as a passenger.

As stated in the accident report, May was turning left with Gossage going straight.

May told the deputies on the scene that he was traveling west on State Road 135 and attempting to turn left on to County Road 500W when he struck the Gossage vehicle that was traveling eastbound on State Road 135. May said he didn't see the other vehicle.

Hugh and Mary Gossage were transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis by ambulance.  Mary Gossage died of her injuries.

May was transported to Riley Hospital in Indianapolis by ambulance.

 

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