WABASH COUNTY - A Silver Lake woman was killed when the car she was riding in was hit by a semi-tractor trailer early Saturday morning in Wabash County.
Josie Heckaman, 19, of Silver Lake, was pronounced dead at 9:50 a.m. Saturday at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was a passenger in a car driven by David Cordill Jr., 21, of Wabash, who also was killed in the accident.
According to the Wabash County Sheriff's Department, Cordill was eastbound on CR 1400N, Wabash County, when he failed to stop at the intersection at Ind. 15 and pulled into the path of a southbound semi driven by Herbert Ringel, 70, of Wabash.
Ringel was uninjured in the crash.
Heckaman was a 2008 graduate of Manchester High School and was studying agriculture education at Ivy Tech, Fort Wayne. She was active in Future Farmers of America, played saxophone in the Manchester High School Band and was a member of the track team. She was a 10-year member of Wabash County 4-H; a star camper at Camp Mollenhour, Silver Lake; and earned a Silver Award in Girl Scouts of America.
The accident remains under investigation by the Wabash County Sheriff's Department. The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, Indiana State Police, LifeMed, Emergency Management Association, and Pleasant and Chester township fire departments assisted with the crash.
