A two-vehicle crash in Benton County, IN Wednesday left one person dead another injured. Sheriff John Cox reported the crash involved an SUV and a semi on Old U.S. 41 near Boswell. Killed was the driver of the SUV, 29-year-old Orlen Leonel Cruz-Reyes of Boswell. A 15-year-old passenger in the SUV was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital. The 48-year-old truck driver from Chicago was not injured.
Sheriff Cox reports Cruz-Reyes stopped at a stop sign then turned into the path of the oncoming semi truck on U.S. 41. A State Police reconstruction team was involved in the investigation. Highway 41 was shut down from 5:30 pm until 10 pm.
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