A Scott County woman was killed in a Thursday morning crash in Jackson County. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, Indiana State Police spokesman, says that shortly after 8 a.m., troopers responded to the one-vehicle crash on I-65 near the 55 mile marker.

Wheeles says that the initial investigation revealed that a pickup truck driven by 71-year-old Gerald E. Brown, of Scottsburg, was traveling north on I-65 near the 55 mile marker when he lost control of his vehicle on the snow covered road. Brown’s vehicle left the east side of the roadway, just south of exit 55, where it then struck a light pole head-on.

ISP says that the crash claimed the life of Brown’s wife, 70-year-old R. Carolyn Brown, also of Scottsburg. Wheeles says that she was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jackson County Coroner. Authorities say that Gerald Brown sustained possible life threatening injuries in the crash. He was taken to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour before being transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

ISP says that the roadway surface condition and the speed of the vehicle are believed to have been factors in the crash. Wheeles adds that the investigation is ongoing.