DEARBORN CO. – On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post responded to a two-vehicle crash on US 50 in western Dearborn County that resulted in the death of a Ripley County, Indiana woman.
The initial investigation by Troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team indicated that a 2003 Peterbilt truck pulling a trailer, being driven by Andrew R. Plowman, 50, of Berea, Kentucky exited a fuel station located on the south side of US 50 near Lake Dilldear Road onto westbound US 50. For an unknown reason, a 2015 Buick Regal being driven by Felicia V. Fraasman, 31, of Milan, Indiana, that was also traveling westbound on US 50, collided with the rear of Plowman’s trailer.
As a result of the collision, Fraasman sustained fatal injuries. She was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Dearborn County Coroner’s Office. Plowman was not injured in the crash.
The investigation by Indiana State Troopers is ongoing with toxicology tests pending.
The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department, Dillsboro Fire Department, Dearborn County EMS, and Dearborn County Coroner’s Office all assisted.
