Victim in crash of an off-road vehicle has died
Posted: Apr 12, 2020 3:23 PM EST
PIERCETON, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has identified 45-year-old Jason Tolle of Pierceton as the victim of a crash in Kosciusko County involving an off-road vehicle. Tolle died as a result of injuries from blunt force trauma.
Deputies were initially dispatched to the scene on Saturday around 7:40 p.m. on reports of a crash near Ridinger Lake in Kosciusko County.
Officials say that Tolle, the passenger of the vehicle, was found unresponsive.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle, 39-year-old Joel Zehner, had fled the scene in the wrecked off-road vehicle.
Zehner was later tracked down by deputies and apprehended.
Formal charges against Zehner have yet to be announced.
