3-vehicle crash in DeKalb County leaves 1 injured

DEKALB COUNTY, Indiana (WANE) — Police responded to a three-vehicle accident in DeKalb County on Friday that sent a man to the hospital.

Police say 29-year-old Samuel Wildman told officers he got off Interstate 69 at the County Road 11A exit and waited at a stop sign.

At the time, 33-year-old Andrew Gent was driving south-west on County Road 11A, according to police, when Wildman turned onto the road and crashed into Gent.

The third vehicle, driven by 48-year-old Rex Cook, was waiting on County Road 11A to merge onto I-69 when the accident happened. Police say Gent’s vehicle crashed head-on into Cook’s vehicle after Wildman hit it.

Gent was hospitalized for neck and back pain. Wildman and Cook were not injured.