UPDATED: Driver arrested after vehicle strikes and kills a woman walking dogs Friday night
A woman has died after being struck by a vehicle while she was out walking her dogs Friday night near the Monroe County Airport. A 32-year-old man who lives nearby faces a drunken driving causing death charge.
An initial report says 50-year-old Stacy Lamb of Bloomington was walking her dogs when she was struck about 8:45 p.m. on Airport Road near the intersection with Kirby Road. She was taken to IU Health-Bloomington hospital, where she died, according to Monroe County Sheriff's Office Lt. Troy Thomas.
Caleb Washburn, 2975 S. Bubby Roy Lane, was booked into the Monroe County Jail at 11:45 p.m. Friday on preliminary charges of operating while intoxicated causing death and driving while suspended. His bond was set at $10,500. Washburn lives about two miles west of the crash site.
Monroe County Coroner Joani Stalcup said someone called 911 at 8:49 p.m. to report a pedestrian had been struck. Stalcup said she didn't know if the dogs were injured.
Sgt. Bennett Dillion from the sheriff's department is reconstructing the accident to determine how it happened.
Contact reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com, 812-331-4362 or 812-318-5967.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Woman walking dogs dies after being struck by vehicle Friday night
