A traffic accident in Warrick County claimed the life of a Chandler woman yesterday. The crash involved three vehicles and also sent a Washington man and Alabama man to the hospital. Indiana State Police responded to the scene yesterday around 7:30 AM on SR 62 in Warrick.
Police say their investigation revealed that a tractor trailer had stopped on SR 62 west of Epworth Road at a red light. 70-year-old Sheila Shofstall of Chandler was driving her 2007 Kia and stopped behind the tractor-trailer.
Dense fog was in the area and visibility was limited. 44-year-old Vernon Knepp of Washington was driving a 2011 Ford pickup pulling a utility trailer.
Police say he failed to notice traffic was stopped and his vehicle struck the rear of Shofstall’s Kia pushing it forward and into the rear of the trailer. The pickup truck and utility trailer then continued to travel east sideswiping the right side of the tractor-trailer before coming to a final rest east of the intersection.
Shofstall was pronounced dead at the scene.
Knepp was transported to a near-by hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, 48-year-old Jermaine Canada, of Birmingham, AL was transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
A passenger in Knepp’s vehicle was not injured.
Photos from Sgt. Todd Ringle-Indiana State Police Evansville District Facebook Page
