GARRETT, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police say a Fort Wayne man is dead following a crash Sunday evening. He was the passenger in a car that reportedly lost control on a county road in Garrett and collided with an SUV.
Poice say it caused the car to split apart.
It happened just after 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of County Road 56 and County Road 11 A according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
According to a report, Alisha L. Brown, 29, of Butler was driving east on County Road 56 at a high rate of speed when she approached a curve, then drifted off the road, overcorrected then went over the center line into the path of an SUV that was heading west.
The car struck the front bumper area of the SUV which “separated between the front seats and rear passenger seats,” according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
A passenger, identified as Daniel W. Stalhut, 27, of Fort Wayne was thrown from the car which came to rest in two parts in a nearby field. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown was pinned inside the car and after being removed she was taken to a hospital for her injuries. The driver of the SUV was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Speed and alcohol are believed to have been a factor in the crash which is still under investigation.
