3 in same family killed in White County car crash

WHITE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - A deadly crash happened Friday afternoon along a stretch of road that has seen multiple wrecks in recent weeks. 

White County officials said the three people who died were riding in the same car and members of the same family.  Two other children in the back seat were seriously injured.

It happened around 3:50 p.m. on the curve where U.S. 24 meets County Road 50 South, about a mile and a half east of Reynolds.              

Sheriff Patrick Shafer said a white car going east crossed the center line for an unknown reason and side- swiped a brown pickup truck driving in the opposite direction.  The brown pickup ended up in the ditch and the white car then hit a second pickup truck.

"The white car continued eastbound and striking the red pickup truck which was traveling westbound.  Those two vehicles then struck head-on,” Shafer said.

Shafer said two adults and a child in the white car were killed.  Two small children were taken to Franciscan St. Elizabeth East in Lafayette and then were airlifted to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis in critical condition. 

The pickup truck drivers and a passenger in the brown pickup were fine. No names are being released at this time..          

Authorities said there have been three crashes along that stretch of road in the last month or two.            

The crash remains under investigation.