Rural Boone County Crash Kills Lebanon Man

At approximately 10:35 p.m. Saturday, Boone County Communications Center received a report of a crash on County Road 25 West, at County Road 400 S in Boone County.

Deputies arrived on the scene and found three people involved in the crash, with two serious injuries. The initial investigation showed that 2000 Chevrolet pick up truck was parked on CR 25 W, facing southbound in the northbound lane, with two people sitting in the bed of the truck. A 2007 Chevrolet SUV was traveling northbound on CR 25 W and struck the pick-up truck.

Wes McClaine, 35, of Lebanon, who was in the bed of the pick-up, was killed as result of the crash. Whitney Sherill, 22, of Thorntown, also in the bed of the pick-up, was transported to Methodist Hospital. The driver of the SUV, Gavin Lengacher, 19, of Pittsboro, was not injured.

The crash is under investigation.

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