DEARBORN COUNTY, Ind. — A 19-year-old died after a crash in Dearborn County, Indiana, on Tuesday morning.
It happened on State Route 350, near Mount Sinai, shortly after 6 a.m.
According to Indiana State Police, a Chevrolet truck hit a disabled vehicle on the side of the road, hit a guardrail and went down an embankment.
During the crash, 19-year-old Jeffrey Cole, who was a passenger in the Chevrolet, was thrown from the vehicle.
Cole died at the scene of the crash, according to ISP. The driver of the vehicle had non-life-threatening injuries. The disabled vehicle was unoccupied at the time of the crash.
Police said neither Cole or the driver were properly restrained at the time of the crash.
State Road 350 was closed for over four hours during the crash investigation. An investigation into what happened remains ongoing.