WABASH COUNTY, Ind. – On November 17th at approximately 6:00am, Wabash County Central Dispatch received numerous 911 calls regarding a personal injury accident at Falls Avenue and U.S. 24. The preliminary investigation shows that a 2015 Chevrolet pick-up driven by Christopher A. Siders, age; 39, Wabash, was southbound on an access road and continued across U.S 24 into the crossover at Falls Avenue. Mr. Siders
then attempted to go eastbound on U.S. 24, when he failed to observe an eastbound
Semi-tractor/tanker. Mr. Siders pulled eastbound onto U.S. 24 into the path of the Semi. The driver of the Semi could not avoid the collision. The Semi driver, Joshua C. Brown, age; 30, Bluffton, IN., was transported to Parkview Wabash Hospital with leg injuries. Mr. Siders was transported to Parkview Wabash and then to Parkview Regional in Ft. Wayne with neck and back injuries. Conditions on both are unknown at this time.
This is an ongoing investigation conducted by Deputy Steve Hicks of the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department.
Assisting at the scene were units from the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department, Wabash City Police, Wabash Fire/Rescue, Noble Township Fire Department, and Wabash County EMA.