DEKALB COUNTY, IN — A man has died after crashing his car into a ditch.
According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened just after 12-noon on Saturday. The man driving, identified as Logan Riehle, age 27 of Edgerton, Ohio, was traveling at a high rate of speed going east on County Road 28.
Two female passengers were both hospitalized for head, neck, and back pain.
One of the passengers told officers that Riehle hit a bump and lost control, overcorrected, and then ran into the ditch. That caused the car to roll several times before coming to a rest on its side in a field and catching on fire.
Investigators say Riehle was pinned in the car and couldn’t get out, but both female passengers were able to escape and call 911.
A Butler Police Department Officer and a tow truck driver were the first to arrive, and both contributed to putting out the fire and removing the windshield of the car.
Riehle had died before they were able to get him out.
Authorities investigating the crash say “speed and a controlled substance” were contributing factors in the crash.
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