News Release

MARSHALL COUNTY — Marshall County Dispatch dispatched officers to a serious crash involving a passenger car and a cement truck on West 12B Road near King Road at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9.

Officers arrived within minutes to find one of the drivers entrapped in a car with serious injuries. Preliminary investigation by Master Trooper Mike Gruett indicates that a red 2012 Ford passenger car driven by Robert Dragani, 81 of Plymouth was travelling eastbound in the 10000 block of West 12B Road when it crossed the centerline and collided with a red 2007 cement truck travelling westbound.

The front left corner of the Ford collided with the front left corner of the cement truck, entrapping Dragani. The collision caused the Ford to rotate, coming to a final rest facing north in the eastbound lane of West 12B Road.

Dragani was flown by Samaritan medical helicopter to a local hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the cement truck, Garrett Sallee Jr. was not injured. He submitted to a chemical test as required by Indiana statute for drivers involved in serious bodily injury and fatal crashes.

Neither alcohol, nor drugs are suspected to be factors in this crash. Evidence gathered at the scene indicates that Dragani was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

West 12B Road opened back up to traffic at approximately 11:39 a.m. after the crash investigation and removal of the vehicles.

The Indiana State Police was assisted by the Marshal County Sheriff’s Office, Argos Police Department, Plymouth EMS, Lutheran Air Ambulance and Reichert & Knepp Wrecker Service.