Johanna Leslie 22, seriously injured, transported to hospital, after her car crashes into ditch after hitting ice from broken water main on S.R. 68.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:20am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Woman seriously injured in water main crash.

State troopers say a southwestern Indiana woman was seriously injured when her car slid on a sheet of ice that formed above a water main damaged by this week’s frigid readings.

State troopers say a southwestern Indiana woman was seriously injured when her car slid on a sheet of ice that formed above a water main damaged by this week’s frigid readings.

They say 22-year-old Johanna Leslie of Dale suffered a head injury in Wednesday night’s accident and was listed in critical condition Thursday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville.

Troopers say Leslie was driving along State Road 68 near the Warrick County town of Tennyson when her car slid on ice that formed over a broken water main. She lost control of her car, which slid across oncoming lanes of traffic, entered a ditch and then struck a tree.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Johanna Leslie
Roadway: 
State Road 68

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