MENTONE - Two men are dead, and two more are in critical condition following a Sunday afternoon wreck on Ind. 25.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Fatal Alcohol Crash Team, Nathan E. Creighton, 18, Warsaw, was westbound in a Dodge Intrepid on Ind. 25 when he attempted to pass another vehicle and collided with a Ford F-350, driven eastbound by Tim J. Boganwright, 48, Claypool.Two passengers in Creighton's vehicle, Ryan S. Holloway, 20, Rochester, and Bryant M. Scott, 18, Tippecanoe, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Kosciusko County Coroner's Office.
Creighton and another passenger, Shawn A. Keckler, 20, Rochester, were airlifted to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne by Lutheran Air Ambulance where they are both listed in critical condition.
Police found a substantial amount of what they believe to be marijuana in Creighton's vehicle. The substance is being tested.
Blood work on Creighton and the passengers in his vehicle also is being conducted.
Boganwright was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital by Multi-Township EMS where he was treated for minor injuries and released.
