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GOSHEN - A Ligonier woman was killed and three others, including a Syracuse woman, were injured in a two-vehicle collision Thursday.
The accident tied up U.S. 33 for two to three hours.
According to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department, Julian M. Reyes, 29, Chicago, was driving northwest on U.S. 33, north of CR 42, between the Goshen city limits and Fairfield High School, when his vehicle crossed the center line. The vehicle collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Monica Hall, 30, Syracuse. The road was snow-covered, but the lane markers were visible, according to the sheriff's department. The accident was reported to the ECSD at about 3:40 p.m.
Hall suffered a broken arm and leg. Reyes suffered a broken femur. One passenger in Reyes' vehicle, Amelia Calvo, 37, Ligonier, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another passenger in the vehicle, Roberto Esparza-Marin Del Campo, 19, suffered a broken arm. All the injured persons were transported to Goshen General Hospital for treatment.
The accident remains under investigation by the ECSD.
