A crash involving a van and a semi tractor trailer along Indiana State Route 63 near Perrysville Sunday night (March 8, 2020) has left two children dead. Vermillion County Sheriff Mike Phelps says the van being driven by Saliea Davis of Russellville, Kentucky was crossing route 63 at Indiana route 32 when the van failed to yield for the semi.
The crash killed two of Davis’ children…ages five and seven….and left four other people hospitalized. A nine-year-old was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital, and Davis and two other children were taken to a Champaign hospital.
Emergency personnel on the scene in addition to the helicopters included the Perrysville and Cayuga Fire Departments, Vermillion County and Fountain County Sheriff’s Police, Indiana State Police and Illiana EMS units.
