Cars collide in SR18 head-on
Comet staff report

SR18, between Delphi and Flora, was the scene of a head-on collision April 11 at approximately 3:21 p.m. sending four people to the hospital. Carroll County Deputy John Chapman investigated the crash between two vehicles driven by Taylor A. Reef, 19, Flora, and Vicki G. White, 53, Cutler.

According to Chapman, White said she was driving east on SR18 and looked away for a second. She said when she turned back around, Reef, who was traveling west, crossed the center line and struck her vehicle head-on.

A witness at the scene said she was following White and noticed Reef, who was traveling west, had crossed the center-line. The witness said Reef's vehicle was approximately half-way into the east bound lane when the vehicles collided.

According to the crash report, Reef was driving a red GMC pickup. He suffered injuries to his shoulder/upper arm and was trapped in his vehicle. No restraints were used. He was transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo and later released.

A front-seat passenger in Reef's vehicle, Cody M. Meade, 15, Flora, suffered injuries to his elbow and lower arm and was not using a restraint. He was extricated from the vehicle by the Flora Volunteer Fire Department and transported to Lafayette Home Hospital and later released.

White, driving a blue Chevrolet, was trapped in the vehicle and suffered injuries to her hip and upper leg. She was using a lap restraint and harness.

White's front-seat passenger, Zach White, 18, Cutler, was also trapped and suffered injuries to his knee and lower leg and foot. He was using a lap and harness restraint.

The Whites were extricated from their vehicle by the Delphi Tri-Township Volunteer Fire Department and were also transported to St. Joseph's Hospital. Vicki White was later transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where she remains.

Reef was later cited for driving left of center.