Brownstown man killed in weekend I-65 accident

A Brownstown man died in a crash on Interstate 65 Saturday afternoon, when his SUV flipped over into a drainage ditch.

Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department says that 53-year-old Thomas F. Pickett was headed northbound about two miles south of Columbus when his SUV hydroplaned and left the roadway, flipping over.

Bystanders flipped Pickett’s vehicle back onto its wheels, but he died at the scene, Harris said.