LEESBURG – A Syracuse man was killed Thursday after crashing into a tree on the north side of Tippecanoe Lake.
The driver was identified as Charles Leon White, 85, Syracuse. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office from blunt force trauma.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputies and emergency personnel responded to a 911 call Thursday at 4:42 p.m. of a single vehicle crash near the Tippecanoe Country Club, 7245 N. Kalorama Road, Leesburg.
Officers and rescue members arrived to find a 2011 Ford pickup truck that had impacted a tree on the shoulder of the roadway and was partially on fire.
North Webster/Tippecanoe Township EMS and Fire Department were able to quickly extinguish the fire and pulled the driver from the vehicle.
According to the Kosciusko County Fatal Alcohol Crash Team, White had been traveling northbound on Kalorama Road and for an unknown reason left the right side of the roadway, striking a tree. The FACT stated the crash is still under investigation at this time.
The Kosciusko County FACT was assisted at the scene by the North Webster/Tippecanoe EMS and Fire Department, North Webster Police Department and the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department.
