Two injured in Bartholomew rollover crash

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Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

Two people were seriously injured in a rollover crash yesterday morning in the 8000 block of Bartholomew County Road 475 South.

A pickup driven by 59-year-old Candy Francis of Elizabethtown was headed east when it ran off the side of the road and struck a utility pole at about 9:55 a.m., says Judy Jackson, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department. The pole snapped off and the truck rolled over an unknown number of times. A passenger, 72-year-old William Francis, also of Elizabethtown, was partially pinned under the vehicle.

Both had to be rescued from the vehicle and were flown by helicopter to an Indianapolis hospital.

The crash remains under investigation and Jackson said authorities still don’t know exactly why the truck ran off the road.