Two Ripley County Men Killed in Afternoon Crash

Update

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This afternoon, shortly before 3:00 pm, multiple first responders responded to US 421 just north of Versailles, Indiana for a two-vehicle head on crash that claimed the life of two Ripley County men.

The initial investigation by Troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post indicates that a 2001 Ford F-450 dump truck, being driven by Nathan M. Vogelsang, age 24, Dillsboro, Indiana was traveling southbound on US 421 near County Road 100 North. For an unknown reason, Vogelsang lost control of the vehicle. His vehicle crossed the centerline into the path of a northbound semi pulling a Mack box trailer, being driven by Oleh Hrudnenko, age 34, Buffalo, Illinois. The vehicles collided nearly head on in the northbound lane.

Tragically, Vogelsang and a passenger in his vehicle, Landen J. W. Comer, age 19, Osgood, Indiana sustained fatal injuries in the crash and were both pronounced deceased at the scene by the Ripley County Coroner’s Office. Hrudnenko sustained minor injuries in the crash.

Indiana State Police Crash Reconstructionists were called in to thoroughly document the scene. The crash remains under investigation. Toxicology results are pending although there are no initial indications that alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.  

US 421 was closed for approximately five hours for crash investigation and cleanup, with investigators remaining on scene late into the evening.

Indiana State Police Investigators were assisted by the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department, Versailles Police Department, Osgood Police Department, Ripley County EMS, Versailles Fire Department, Ripley County EMA, Ripley County Coroner’s Office, and Affordable Todd’s Wrecker Service.

(Ripley County, Ind.) - Multiple agencies are on the scene of a serious crash near Versailles. 

U.S. 421 is closed from State Road 350 to State Road 50 due to an accident involving a dump truck. 

According to dispatch, there are multiple injuries, some of which could be fatal. 

Motorists are advised to avoid the area until further notice.