Perry County crash kills two, leaves one person critically injured
Two people were killed and a third was critically hurt in a Perry County crash, adding to a string of deadly wrecks investigators have linked to State Road 66 and Bristow-area roads.
A crash in Perry County killed two people and left a third person critically injured, turning another local roadway into the scene of a fatal collision investigation. The wreck joins a series of severe crashes that have drawn attention in Perry County, including deadly incidents near Cannelton and outside Bristow.
In one earlier crash east of Cannelton, Indiana State Police said Terry K. Burden, Jr. and Timothy Neyenhaus, both of Tell City, were killed and a Hawesville, Kentucky woman was critically injured after a vehicle struck a tree head-on on State Road 66 near the Cannelton Locks and Dam. Troopers said the crash happened around 12:30 a.m., and that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control before the impact.
Another fatal wreck near Cattail Road and State Road 145 outside Bristow left one person dead and another facing charges. That case added to a pattern county residents know well: serious crashes in rural Perry County can quickly become both a public-safety emergency and a law-enforcement investigation, especially when speed, lane control or other risky driving behavior is suspected.
The Perry County Sheriff’s Office says accident reports are posted online through BuyCrash.com and can take three to five business days to appear. Those reports are often the first county records that spell out where a crash happened, who was involved and what investigators found in the opening hours after a deadly collision.
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