Woman critically injured in U.S. 35 crash

Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press
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MUNCIE, Ind. — An Anderson woman was critically injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 35 southeast of Muncie.

According to Indiana State Police, Tiffany Starkey, 38, was taken by ambulance from the crash scene, south of Mount Pleasant, to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital and later transferred to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

An Anderson woman was critically injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 35 southeast of Muncie.
An Anderson woman was critically injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 35 southeast of Muncie.

Investigators with the ISP Crash Reconstruction Team said a southbound Ford Transport van driven by Tatyanna Myers, 24, of Lithonia, Georgia, was southbound on the federal highway when it crossed the center line and collided with a northbound Ford Focus driven by Starkey.

Myers and a female passenger in her van were taken to the Muncie hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the collision — reported about 2:30 p.m. — remains under investigation. U.S. 35 was closed to traffic for about four hours after the crash.

Along with state police, those responding to the scene included Delaware County sheriff's deputies, Delaware County EMS, the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency, and firefighters from Liberty Township and Muncie.

Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.

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