Parker City – Today around 12:45 p.m. Pendleton Troopers responded to a report of a two vehicle crash on State Road 32 between County Roads 1000 and 1100 west near Parker City.  They arrived to find a 1990 maroon Chevrolet S10 pickup on its top with the occupant entrapped.

Investigation revealed the S10 truck, driven by Daniel Huddleston, 79, of Winchester, had been west bound on SR32 when it attempted to turn into a driveway on the south side of the roadway.  When the truck turned, it entered into the path of an east bound GMC pickup driven by Joseph Beatrice, age 52, of Farmland. The GMC hit Huddleston’s truck in the passenger door causing the truck to flip over on its top.

Huddleston was taken to St Vincent Hospital in Winchester, and later flown by Care Flight to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton Ohio with what was reported to be non-life threatening injuries.  The driver of the GMC, Joseph Beatrice, was transported to Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie with a complaint of pain.

Pendleton Trooper Mike Bradbury investigated the crash and was assisted by State Police Crash Reconstruction Trooper Nick Campbell, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, Farmland and Parker City Fire and Rescue.

Failure to Yield continues to be the second leading cause of serious injury and fatal injury crashes in Indiana.
The Indiana State Police remain committed to reducing crashes, educating the public on the main causes of crashes and patrolling in high crash areas.  We continue to monitor the top causes for crashes around the state and concentrating enforcement efforts on these causes.

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