Jasper Man Airlifted After Hitting Ambulance Head-On on US 231 Friday Afternoon
FROM LOCAL SOURCES
JASPER -- U.S. 231 north of the WITZ Bottoms is back open today after a crash closed both lanes for a few hours Friday afternoon.
It happened just before 1:30 p.m. on 231 just south of SR 162.
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Police say a Jasper man was driving north, went left of center, and hit a southbound ambulance head-on. No word today on why that driver crossed the center line. He’s identified as 37-year-old Michael Cannon.
He was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis.
The two people in the ambulance were taken to Memorial Hospital where they were treated and released.
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The ambulance was not on an emergency run at the time of the crash and there were no patients on board.
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