CHURUBUSCO, Ind. (October 12, 2009) – A rollover on U.S. 33 north of Churubusco at around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon damaged a car, but fortunately the driver escaped serious injury.

The driver left the the roadway on an S-curve and veered off the slope, stopping short of a nearby pond at the bottom of the hill. The accident occurred on U.S. 33  near  C.R. 700 N and County Line Road.

No other information was available at the time of this posting and names had not yet been released.

Responding at the scene was the Whitley County EMS, Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police and Churubusco/Smith Twp. Fire Department.

Photos by Viv Sade for Buscovoice.com.

Facing south on U.S. 33, this view shows the car and how it veered off of the roadway, taking out a highway sign on its downward decent.

Two local teenagers lost their lives Thursday afternoon after losing control of their vehicle on 550E north of S.R. 205.

Police say 16-year old Megan Young and 17-year old Andrew Spencer were southbound on 550 East when they apparently lost control of the vehicle, crossing the center line and then apparently over corrected and flipped into a ditch filled with water on the west side of the road.

Police and fire units arrived to find the two teens and their car submerged in waist high ditch water and mud. Crews worked feverishly to extricate the two entrapped teens who were later pronounced dead at the scene.