Mary Gossage, 79, killed and two others hurt when teen driver and elderly driver collide at State Road 135 and County Road 500 West in Johnson County, Indiana

Modified Date: 
Fri, 04/21/2023 - 3:25pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, April 14, 2023

Woman Dies in Two-Car Crash

16-year-old Jeremiah May told the Johnson County Sheriff’s officers that he had been heading west on State Road 135 when he tried to turn onto County Road 500 West.  As he did so, he hit a truck that had been heading east on State Road 135.

Passenger dies in Johnson County crash

A pickup being driven by 16-year-old Jeremiah J. May of Morgantown was turning left into the path of a pickup being driven by 79-year-old Hugh K. Gossage of Trafalgar. Gossage and his passenger, 79-year-old Mary L. Gossage, were seriously injured and were taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, where she died of her injuries.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Mary Gossage
Hugh Gossage
Jeremiah May