Update On Saturday Rollover Accident
Staff Report
CLAYPOOL — A rollover accident Saturday morning resulted in two people being injured.
First responders were called to the area of County Farm Road, near CR 700S in Claypool, north of the railroad tracks, at 11:42 a.m. Saturday, March 27.
A 2010 black Scion xB driven by Rex Addair, 22, North Mill Street, North Manchester, went off the roadway and into a field.
According to the accident report, the vehicle was traveling northbound on County Farm Road, south of East CR 700S, and crossed over the east/west railroad tracks. The vehicle lost traction with the roadway surface and entered the east shoulder of the roadway where it overturned. The vehicle came to rest on all four wheels in a field.
A witness to the crash was southbound and saw the vehicle crest the hill with the railroad tracks and said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed.
Addair and a passenger in the vehicle, Cinnamon D. McDonald, 19, Saint Louis Avenue, Fort Wayne, both complained of back pain and were taken to the hospital by ambulance.