GIBSON CO., Ind. - A woman from Olney and gentleman from Bellmont, both towns located in Illinois, were involved in a head-on collision yesterday morning in Indiana that proved fatal for the woman.
Gibson County (Indiana) authorities have reported that the two-vehicle accident occurred at 5:30 a.m. yesterday morning, Friday, April 14, 2017.
Robert L. Christie Jr., 37, of Bellmont in Wabash County across the river from Gibson County, was driving a red 1992 Buick passenger car westbound on Indiana State Road 64 near Gibson County Road 800 West when for reasons unknown at this time, he crossed the center line.
Eastbound on the same road in a 2000 Toyota 4-Runner was Amanda J. Leonard, 34, of Olney in Richland County. The Christie vehicle struck Leonard's vehicle head-on.
Leonard was pronounced dead at the scene; Christie was taken to Gibson General Hospital in Princeton. He was later flown to an Evansville hospital; his condition was unavailable at this time.
There have been no citations issued in the collision.