Police Release Details And Names Of Victims In Monday Morning Crash

VIGO COUNTY, Ind – The Vigo County Sheriff’s Department have released more details and the names of those killed in a Monday morning multi car accident on U.S. 40 near Hunt Street.

The crash happened just before 9:00 a.m.

Deputies say that when they arrived, one driver had been killed, another driver was trapped in her vehicle and two others were out of their vehicles with minor injuries.

56-year-old Vielka Schultz of Brazil was extricated from her Chevy Trailblazer and flown by Lifeline helicopter to a Indianapolis Hospital. She eventually succumbed to her injuries and passed away at the hospital.

According to two of the driver’s involved, a black Honda was traveling east bound on US Hwy 40 on top of the overpass east of Hunt St. That car crossed the center line and collided with two west bound vehicles. One of those vehicles struck another west bound vehicle. The driver of the Honda was identified at 26-year-old Courtney Dailey of Terre Haute. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A multi-agency crash reconstruction team with members from the Indiana State Police and Terre Haute City Police assisted in the investigation.