{"id":99866,"date":"2026-05-14T22:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=99866"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:53:59","slug":"serious-injury-crash-in-wabash-county-involving-school-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=99866","title":{"rendered":"Serious injury crash in Wabash County involving school bus"},"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\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WABASH COUNTY, IN- On Thursday, May 14th, 2026 at approximately 3:50 p.m. the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a two-vehicle, rear-end crash, on State Road 15, just north of County Road 400 North in Wabash County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preliminary investigation shows that Brayden Welch, age 21 of Wabash, IN was traveling southbound on SR15, in a 2016 Chevy Silverado, and struck the rear of a 2019 Metropolitan School District bus as it was slowing to a stop with flashing cautionary lights activated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Welch\u2019s vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage. Mr. Welch suffered several significant injuries, and was flown from the scene by Parkview Samaritan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a total of 26 occupants on MSD\u2019s bus, including the driver, Lori Schultz, and 25 students. One juvenile was transported by ambulance to Parkview Hospital, Wabash, and one additional juvenile was taken by family. At the time of this release no serious student injuries have been reported.<\/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 at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigating Officers: Deputy Kody Cook, SRO Eric Kirtlan, Deputy Mason Frehse and Deputy Justin Crousore of the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assisting Agencies: Indiana State Police, Wabash City Fire Department, Roann Fire Department, Wabash County EMA, Parkview Samaritan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Release completed by: Chief Deputy J. 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The preliminary investigation shows that Brayden Welch, age 21 of Wabash, IN was traveling southbound on SR15, in &#8230; <a title=\"Serious injury crash in Wabash County involving school bus\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=99866\" aria-label=\"Read more about Serious injury crash in Wabash County involving school bus\">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-99866","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 Thursday, May 14th, 2026 at approximately 3:50 p.m. the Wabash County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a two-vehicle, rear-end crash, on State Road 15, just north of County Road 400 North in Wabash County. The preliminary investigation shows that Brayden Welch, age 21 of Wabash, IN was traveling southbound on SR15, in&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99866","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=99866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99869,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99866\/revisions\/99869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}