Accidental Drowning Ruled in Wabash River Deaths of Two Oaktown Women

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Knox County Coroner Brian Hagen has ruled accidental drowning as the cause of death for two Oaktown women who died when a military Humvee they were riding in crashed into the Wabash River.  Hagen made the findings known Monday following autopsies on 33-year-old Breezie Mason and 32-year-old Meaghan Meeks. Divers found the women’s bodies when they pulled the vehicle to the surface of the river Sunday morning. Indiana State Police say Mason’s 34-year-old husband, Kyle, was driving the Humvee when it went off an embankment and into the river about 1 a.m. Sunday while the group was four-wheeling in a field. Kyle Mason and Meeks’ 33-year-old husband, Cody Meeks, swam to shore, but their wives were trapped in the submerged vehicle.