Father, son killed in pickup crash in western Indiana
BLANFORD, Ind. (AP) - A 56-year-old man and his 24-year-old son died after being ejected from a pickup truck in a single-vehicle crash in western Indiana.
Vermillion County Sheriff Mike Phelps says Dennis Church was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Blanford in Vermillion County, about 20 miles north of Terre Haute. His son, Dennis Church Jr. died at Union Hospital in Clinton. Both men were from Clinton.
Authorities say the pickup truck went off the road and struck a guardrail and a bridge abutment. The truck flipped into the air and struck an overhead bridge, which is about 14 feet high. The crash remains under investigation. Authorities say they believe speed was a contributing factor in the crash.
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