By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

PUTNAM COUNTY -  A passenger has died after a vehicle crashed into the back of a fire truck on Interstate 70 in Putnam County this morning. 

• Jenna N. Monet, 23, of Prescott Valley, Arizona,  was pronounced dead after being transported to a Terre Haute hospital. 
• Her husband, the driver, Derrick N. Monet,  25, was also transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

Sgt. Matt Ames, of the Indiana State Police, explained that the Cloverdale Fire Department was responding to a single -vehicle accident around 8 a.m., when the driver of the 2019 Tesla failed to see the parked emergency vehicle, striking the back of the truck.

Both victims  were extricated from the car. 
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Troopers from the Putnamville State Police Post, Putnam County Operation Life, STAR Ambulance, Cloverdale Fire Department and Indiana Department of Transportation assisted at the scene.

By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

SULLIVAN - A Sullivan man was arrested on drug charges after fleeing police on a bicycle yesterday.

​Keith Krentkowski, 53, was booked into the Sullivan County Jail and charged with:

• Possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony 
• Resisting law enforcement (2 counts), a class A misdemeanor
• Possession of paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor

Once taken into custody,  methamphetamine and paraphernalia were found in Krentkowski's jacket pocket,  Indiana State Police Sgt. Matt Ames said.

According to the report, the suspect was riding a bike in the middle of the roadway, near State  and Harris Streets in Sullivan, with no front or rear illumination around 6:45 p.m.

"The subject ignored the emergency lights and siren of Trooper [Andrew] Mattern’s fully marked patrol car, and pedaled faster, attempting to flee by traveling through the city blocks and alleyways," Ames said, adding that Trooper Mattern then exited his patrol car for a pursuit on foot.

The suspect eventually got off the bike and fled on foot to a nearby residence, where taken into custody.  

Assisting: Putnamville State Trooper Justin Bell, Sullivan City Police Department, and Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department.