{"id":99364,"date":"2026-04-20T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=99364"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:45:04","slug":"single-vehicle-fatal-crash-in-wabash-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=99364","title":{"rendered":"Single vehicle fatal crash in Wabash County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--AUTO-AD-BEFORE-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\"\n        data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n        data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WABASH COUNTY, IN- On Sunday, April 19th, 2026, at approximately 3:48 p.m. the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a single vehicle crash on State Road 13, north of County Road 1200 South in southern Wabash County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preliminary investigation shows that Linda Best, of Windfall, Indiana was operating Vehicle-1 and traveling northbound on SR13. For unknown reasons V1 ran off the east side of the roadway, returned to the northbound lane of travel, left the east side of the road a second time, traveled over a residential driveway, and finally came to rest after striking a tree with the front right and passenger side of V1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Best and a juvenile passenger were initially entrapped in V1. Ms. Best and the juvenile were both eventually removed from the vehicle by responding fire personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Best was transported to Parkview Hospital, Wabash, by ambulance, and was later flown to Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, by Parkview Samaritan 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The juvenile suffered critical injuries, and was flown to Riley Children\u2019s Hospital, Indianapolis, by Lutheran Air. At approximately 3:00 a.m. on April 20th 2026 the juvenile was pronounced deceased at Riley Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This crash, and the causation factors that may have contributed, remain under investigation. There is no further information to release as this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigating Officers: Deputy Justin Crousore, Deputy Keanu Rish of the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assisting Agencies: Indiana Conservation Office, Indiana State Police, Wabash City Fire Department, Converse Fire Department, Noble Township Fire Department, Wabash County EMA, Lutheran Air, Parkview Samaritan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Emergency-lights-3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Emergency-lights-3.webp 302w, https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Emergency-lights-3-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<!--AUTO-AD-AFTER-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\"\n        data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WABASH COUNTY, IN- On Sunday, April 19th, 2026, at approximately 3:48 p.m. the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a single vehicle crash on State Road 13, north of County Road 1200 South in southern Wabash County. The preliminary investigation shows that Linda Best, of Windfall, Indiana was operating Vehicle-1 and traveling northbound on SR13. &#8230; <a title=\"Single vehicle fatal crash in Wabash County\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=99364\" aria-label=\"Read more about Single vehicle fatal crash in Wabash County\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Wade Weaver","author_link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?author=3"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"WABASH COUNTY, IN- On Sunday, April 19th, 2026, at approximately 3:48 p.m. the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a single vehicle crash on State Road 13, north of County Road 1200 South in southern Wabash County. The preliminary investigation shows that Linda Best, of Windfall, Indiana was operating Vehicle-1 and traveling northbound on SR13.&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99367,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99364\/revisions\/99367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}