Linton, IN : I-69 crash kills three members of Newburgh family on Sunday, November 13th 2016

Three people died in an car accident on Interstate 69 early Sunday morning.

According to an Indiana State Police press release, the Bloomington Post was dispatched to a car-deer crash which had occurred on I-69 near the 103-mile marker in Greene County. Upon Trooper Cory Knight’s arrival, he observed a large amount of debris in the roadway as well as a passenger car and an inverted pickup truck near the embankment on the west side of the interstate.

The crash investigation revealed a 2015 Honda Civic, driven by David Rinehart, 46 of Newburgh was traveling southbound on I-69 and had struck a deer causing the Honda to pull onto the outside shoulder and come to a stop.

Afterward, a 2006 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck driven by Mason Hartkey, 19 of Jasper, was traveling southbound on I-69 approaching Rinehart's location when, for unknown reasons, the truck left the southbound lanes of traffic and entered the outside shoulder, striking the parked Honda.

The crash resulted in the deaths of David Rinehart, 46, Ruth Rinehart, 74 and Sophie Rinehart, 17, all of Newburgh. Another passenger in the Honda, Josie Rinehart, 18, also of Newburgh, suffered cuts and abrasions and was transported to IU Health Bloomington.

Mason Hartkey was transported to IU Health for a fractured arm.

The Rinehart family has been notified and the crash investigation is ongoing.

Assisting agencies include the Greene County Sheriff's Department, Monroe County Sheriff's Department, Bloomington Police Department, IU Health Emergency Service, Greene County Coroner's Office and the Center Township Fire Department

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I-69 crash kills three members of Newburgh family