WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT COMPLETE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REGARDING PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY VEHICLE FRIDAY MORNING

Wayne County Sheriff’s Department has released additional details regarding a pedestrian struck by a vehicle early Friday morning around 1:45 near the Sims Crossroads.  Deputies says a 2002 Chevrolet pickup driven by 37-year-old Abby Koontz of Fairfield was northbound on the Sims road near North Bond St. when the pickup truck Koontz was driving struck a bicycle in the middle of the roadway that was operated by  44-year-old John Cone of Fairfield.  Koontz told deputies she did not see the bike as the bike did not having any lighting.  Cone suffered a head injury and was airlifted from the scene by Air Evac to Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville.  Deputies issued a citation to Koontz for Operating An Uninsured Motor Vehicle.