DEKALB COUNTY, IN – Two men were injured in a three-car accident Wednesday afternoon.
According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department 39-year-old Adam Knott and 35-year-old Ashley Richards were stopped in their cars on Country Road 327 just north of Country Road 68 because a vehicle was backing up into a driveway.
Reports indicate 31-year-old Christian Whitfield was driving in a Freightliner Century truck over the hill on CR 327 behind them and couldn’t stop in time. He rear-ended Knott, who was pushed into rear-ending Richards. Whitfield then went off the road and hit a tree.
Whitfield was brought to a hospital with complaints of back and neck pain. According to authorities, Knott suffered a head laceration and Richards is uninjured.
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