INDY MAN CITED FOR WEEKEND DARKE COUNTY ACCIDENT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
JB
A CENTRAL INDIANA MAN HAS BEEN CITED FOR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN DARKE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. JUST AFTER 12 NOON ON SUNDAY – DARKE COUNTY DEPUTIES ALONG WITH NORTH STAR FIRE, ROSSBURG FIRE, AND ANSONIA RESCUE, AS WELL AS OSGOOD RESCUE, RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF U-S 127 AND STATE ROUTE 705 ON THE REPORT OF A CRASH WITH INJURY.
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 2022 KENWORTH TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVEN BY 21-YEAR-OLD GURPRET SINGH OF INDIANAPOLIS, WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND ON STATE ROUTE 705, AND FAILED TO STOP AT THE INTERSECTION. A 2005 CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER – DRIVEN BY 49-YEAR-OLD MARK PRUETER OF NEW KNOXVILLE, OHIO – WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON U-S 127 AND COLLIDED WITH THE SEMI. PRUETER AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS, 75-YEAR-OLD ROBERT PRUETER, AND 75-YEAR-OLD BARBARA PRUETER WERE TRANSPORTED TO SAINT MARY’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. SINGH WAS NOT INJURED AND CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY.
