A 45-year-old local man died in a single-vehicle crash at the U.S. 31 and Interstate 65 interchange.
The Bartholomew County Coroner’s office is investigating the death of Danny L. Lewis, 45, of Columbus, Deputy Coroner Jay Frederick said.
The accident was reported at 5:23 p.m. Friday, investigators said. Lewis was driving a 1989 Chevrolet pickup and lost control of the vehicle on the ramp from U.S. 31 to northbound Interstate 65, Frederick said. Lewis was found outside the vehicle when emergency responders arrived, Frederick said.
Lewis was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by the coroner’s office at 6:12 p.m., Frederick said.
Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the chest.
Toxicology tests were ordered and results typically are received within two weeks, the coroner’s office said.
The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is also investigating the accident.
