A Wednesday evening (July 7, 2021) crash along U.S. Route 136 near the Illinois-Indiana state line has claimed the life of an 18-year-old rural Perrysville resident. Vermillion County Indiana Sheriff Mike Phelps says Colby M. Epling was pronounced dead at the scene following the crash at approximately 7:15 p.m.
The accident involved Epling’s vehicle and a semi being driven by 48-year-old Stacey D. High of Westville, Illinois. Sheriff Phelps says witnesses reported seeing Epling’s vehicle stop at a stop sign at the intersection of CR300 (Rileysburg Road) and U.S. Highway 136. Then, according to witnesses, Epling pulled into the intersection and into the path of the eastbound semi.
Both vehicles went into a field following the impact. The location where the crash occurred is in northern Vermillion County, Indiana.
