Madison Man Killed in Ripley County Crash

The crash happened Sunday afternoon near Holton.

Photo by Indiana State Police.

(Ripley County, Ind.) - A two-vehicle crash in Ripley County claimed the life of a 37-year-old Jefferson County man. 

Emergency personnel responded to the crash on Sunday shortly before 3:00 p.m. The crash involving a passenger vehicle and a commercial vehicle occurred along U.S. 50 at County Road 600 West, near Holton

Initial responding officers found the passenger vehicle overturned in the roadway and the commercial motor vehicle overturned off the north side of the roadway.

The driver of the passenger vehicle, who was identified as Tyler Dukes, age 37, Madison, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the commercial motor vehicle, who was identified as Richard Murray, age 26, Spring Hill, Florida was transported to Margaret Mary Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The Indiana State Police-Versailles District Crash Reconstruction Team was called to the scene to conduct the investigation into the crash.  The initial investigation indicates that Dukes was traveling eastbound on US 50 in a 2008 Mercury Mariner.  For an unknown reason, Dukes’ vehicle crossed the centerline into the path of Murray’s westbound 2022 Volvo truck pulling a trailer.  The vehicles collided nearly head on in the westbound lane of US 50. 

The investigation remains ongoing. Toxicology results on both drivers are pending at this time.