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ISP: Man killed in rollover crash in Ind. field

ISP: Man killed in rollover crash in Ind. field
ISP: Man killed in rollover crash in Ind. field
Posted at 3:01 PM, May 22, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-22 15:01:38-04

BATESVILLE, Ind. -- Indiana State Police said one man was killed in a rollover crash Saturday night in Franklin County.

At around 9:15 p.m., the state police responded to a single vehicle crash on St. Mary's Road near Morris Road in Batesville, according to a report from state trooper Nicholas Albrecht. A 1983 Ford was traveling on St. Mary's Road EB, ran off the road for an unknown reason and rolled over into a nearby field.

The driver, Glen Smith, was ejected from the car. Smith, 50, of Batesville, died from his injuries at the Batesville Hospital, police said.

Smith's passenger, Travis Hirt, 26, was also ejected from the car but suffered non-life threatening injuries.