NOBLE COUNTY - Two Kosciusko County residents were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Noble County Thursday.
Kevin L. Higgins, 45, Syracuse, and Ariel C. Butcher, 19, of Warsaw, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on U.S. 6, just west of CR 600W in Noble County.
Around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Higgins was driving a 1998 Oldsmobile Alero on U.S. 6 when his car traveled left of center for an unknown reason.
Higgins' car then collided with a westbound 2008 International truck owned by Norfolk Southern Railroad. The driver of the truck, Martin E. Clement, 59, of Genoa, Ohio, and his passenger, Jerry E. Myers, 58, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, were not injured in the crash. Both Clement and Myers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
It took about four hours for emergency crews to separate the vehicles and clear debris from the road.
The Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division, the Noble County Sheriff's Department, the Noble County Coroner's Office, the Ligonier Police and Fire Departments and Campbell's Towing assisted the Noble County Sheriff's Department.
