FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) -Fort Wayne police say that one man is dead and another person was hurt following a wrong-way crash downtown early Saturday.
The Fort Wayne Police Department says that a pickup was going the wrong way on E. Wayne Street just before 1 a.m. When the truck began to cross the intersection with S. Clinton Street., it crashed into a car headed south on Clinton.
The driver of the pickup was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
Two juveniles were in the other car. One was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released. The other juvenile was not hurt.
The intersection remained closed for several hours as investigators processed the scene.
This is an ongoing investigation.
The Fort Wayne Police Department released the following:
On May 11, 2024, at 12:53AM, the Fort Wayne Police Department was notified of an accident with injuries at the intersection of S. Clinton St and E Wayne St. Officers arrived and located an adult, male driver of one of the vehicles ejected onto the roadway. He was pronounced deceased on scene. The driver of the other vehicle, a male, juvenile, and his passenger a female, juvenile, suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries and were later released. The FACT team was paged and responded to process the scene.
Initial information indicates a green Ford Ranger was traveling the wrong way, Westbound on E Wayne St., entered the intersection at S Clinton St and was struck by a black Dodge Charger traveling Southbound on S Clinton St. The adult, male driving the Ford was ejected from the vehicle. The juvenile, male driving the Dodge was transported from the scene by FWPD and received medical attention at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The juvenile, female passenger of the Dodge was released from the scene uninjured. It has yet to be determined why the Ford was traveling the wrong direction on E Wayne St.
Investigators are on scene taking measurements and collecting evidence. The intersection is currently closed while the scene is processed.
There is nothing further at this time, as the investigation is ongoing.
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