JUST IN | Three people, including two teenage girls, were transported to local hospitals after a crash involving a van and a backhoe on US 52 in Boone County.
According to the Boone County Sheriff's Office, a van with six teenage volleyball players was traveling from Lafayette to Plainfield for a league match when they struck a backhoe with an 80-year-old man inside.
Officers responded to the scene after reports of a crash with multiple people entrapped. Preliminary investigation shows that the backhoe was crossing US 52 on CR 650 N traveling eastbound and was struck by the van that was traveling southbound on US 52. A release from the Boone County Sheriff's Office says the van's occupants ranged in age from 14 to 19 years old. The driver, a 19-year-old, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
A juvenile passenger of the van was transported via medical helicopter to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff's office. The driver of the backhoe was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to authorities.
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3 people, including 2 teens, sent to hospital after Boone County crashJUST IN | Three people, including two teenage girls, were transported to local hospitals after a crash involving a van and a backhoe on US 52 in Boone County.
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