Paris woman dead in fatal car crash

VIGO COUNTY, In. (WCCU) — A Paris woman is dead after a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of US Hwy 41 and Mayfair Dr. on Thursday.

The Vigo County Sheriff's Office says at 2:29 p.m. a SUV was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of US Hwy 41 from the crossover, and into a parking lot to the east.

The SUV failed to yield the right-of-way to a northbound semi-tractor trailer. The semi crashed into the passenger side of the SUV, sending it spinning to the northeast and into a parking lot.

The passenger of the SUV was killed in the crash, and the driver was sent via medical helicopter to Methodist Hospital In Indianapolis where she later succumbed to her injuries as well.

Officials say the driver of the semi was not injured but was taken for a drug and alcohol test per Indiana law. The results of those tests are pending.

We're told the passenger of the SUV was Emma Haddix, 84, of Paris, Il.

The driver’s identity will be released pending family notification. The driver of the Semi was James Wood, 61, of Bloomingdale, IN.