ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — One man is dead in a late night Elkhart County crash.
Police say 44-year-old Mahlon Coblentz of Kentucky was outside his vehicle shortly after 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, trying to get traffic to stop for a crash involving a different car at the State Road 13 bridge over the Toll Road.
The initial crash was a single car crash blocking both lanes of State Road 13.
Police say a pickup driver passed stopped traffic, driving southbound into the northbound lane, and hit Coblentz.
It is unclear if slick conditions played any part of this incident.