Separate crashes in Princeton and Carlisle claim 2 Vincennes lives

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A Vincennes resident was killed on Thursday morning in Princeton following  a crash on US 41 close to Richland Creek Drive.Princeton Police told the Princeton Daily Clarion that 42-year-old Mathew Weiler of Vincennes was driving an ’08 Impala northbound and was hit by an eastbound FedEx truck.  Weiler died from injuries in the crash.   A passenger in his car, and the FedEx truck driver were taken to a hospital as a precaution.  The truck driver was cited for failure to yield.

 


 

 

A Vincennes man was killed in a single vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon near CarlisleSullivan County Sheriff’s Deputies say a pick-up truck driven by 26-year-old Jackie Thomas was driving on County Road 700 South, when the truck left the roadway and rolled multiple times coming to rest in a farm field. Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Department believes ice caused the crash.