Staff Reports
The Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim in a fatal car accident early Thursday morning as Gerald Henry, 72, of Columbus.
Deputies with the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle accident in the area of U.S. 31 and County Road 100S at 4:55 a.m. Thursday. Upon arrival, deputies found Henry deceased at the scene, deputies said.
The cause of death was blunt force trauma the head and chest, according to Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting.
The other driver, Alexander Gaskins, 28, of Crothersville, was transported by ambulance to Columbus Regional Hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, deputies said.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation, deputies said.
