NOBLESVILLE - A Warsaw Community High School senior is dead after a Sunday morning car crash in Hamilton County.
Brady Houck, 18, Warsaw, was driving northbound on Ind. 37 when the 1995 Chevy Beretta he was driving veered across the center line, striking the rear wheels of a trailer hauled by 2007 freightliner semi.
The semi was driven by Jeffrey A. Cross, 39, Goshen, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department.
According to published reports, Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Vicky Dunbar said Houck's vehicle broke the axle off the trailer.
Houck was admitted to Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, with internal injuries, as well as several fractures. Houck was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Cross was taken to Elwood S's St. Vincent Hospital.
Houck was a football player for WCHS. According to his Myspace account, he worked at both Biomet and Bogg's Automotive and enjoyed racing go-karts. Myspace is a social networking Web site.
Funeral arrangments are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Home.
