Fernanda Martinez, dead; Yesli Perez-Lopez, 25, injured after car accident where John Fasig, 44, and Dawn LaFountain, 48, flee the scene on US Highway 40 near Brazil, IN

The accident occured 12:45 p.m. Saturday when a tan Dodge Caravan was driving west US Highway 40 just east of State Road 340 in eastern Vigo County and crossed the center line, hitting an eastbound red Ford Mustang. When emergency crews arrived at the scene, they discovered the driver and passenger of the Caravan had fled the accident. It was also later found that the Caravan had been reported stolen from Clark County, IL. Fire crews extricated the occupants of the Mustang. The driver, Yesli Perez-Lopez, 25, was flown from the scene to Methodist Hospital. The passenger, Fernanda Martinez, Brazil, Ind., was sent to Union Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The van driver who ran from the scene was found about a half hour after the crash. John Fasig, 44, Martinsville, Ill., was found about a mile away from the accident scene. Fasig was taken into custody and sent to Union Hospital by ambulance for injuries from the crash. He was later flown to Methodist Hospital with spine and neck injuries. Investigators say Fasig tested positive for drugs. He faces several charges. For more than six hours police K-9's searched for the female that ran from the scene. Dawn LaFountain, 48, was eventually located and also faces several charges. US Highway 40 in both directions was closed for nearly five hours.