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ISP: One killed two badly hurt in I-65 off ramp crash in Jasper

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An Illinois woman was killed on Monday in a two-vehicle crash on an I-65 off-ramp in Jasper County, the Indiana State Police said.

The victim was identified as Michele Pavesich, 45, of New Lenox, Ill.

According to police, at 1:09 p.m. Benjamin Griffin, 43, also of New Lenox, was southbound on I-65 with Pavesich as his front-seat passenger when, at the Resselaer/Remington exit, he got off the interstate, then ran the stop sign at the intersection of U.S. Highway 231 and was struck by a utility truck northbound on U.S. 231 and driven by Joseph J. Linback, 19, of Brook, Ind.

Pavesich was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma. Griffin and his backseat passenger and daughter, Savannah, 8, both sustained serious injuries and were transported to Jasper County Hospital, police said. Griffin was subsequently airlifted to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., and Savannah to the University of Chicago Pediatric Hospital in Chicago.

Linback was taken to Jasper County Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Griffin’s Ford F-350 truck was pulling a trailer hauling a pair of John Deere Gator utility vehicles when he hit Griffin’s Mitsubishi on the passenger’s side, police said. On impact, the F-350 spun and came to a stop, facing south, in the grassy area off the east shoulder of U.S. 231. In the process, the two Gators were thrown free, one landing in the roadway, the other in the grassy area to the east. Griffin’s Mitsubishi also came to rest in the grassy area, police said.

 

 

 

Posted 6/30/2015

 
 
 
 
 

 

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