SELLERSBURG – A late Monday afternoon crash near exit nine (Sellersburg) on I-65 claimed the life of a Salem woman and severely injured her husband.
Around 6 p.m. on Monday, first responders and emergency personnel responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover crash just off exit nine and County Road 311 in Sellersburg.
Troopers and crash reconstruction officers from the Sellersburg post and the Jeffersonville Police Department also responded to the scene.
The crash closed the off-ramp at exit nine northbound and the northbound on-ramp from County Road 311 for more than two hours while officers and the reconstruction team investigated.
At this time, it is still unknown why the vehicle left the roadway. However, evidence at the scene shows a white 2023 Toyota Rav exited I-65 northbound at Exit Nine but then traveled off the left-hand side of the exit ramp.
The car then crossed over the grassy area between the northbound exit and the northbound on-ramp before crossing the on-ramp and became airborne. The Toyota overturned and came to rest on its top on the north side of the exit ramp and just south of County Road 311.
The passenger in the car, Mark Hartman, of Salem, was transported to University Hospital in Louisville with life-threatening injuries.
Tragically, the driver of the car, 58-year-old Cynthia Kay Hartman, of Salem, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Troopers, with the assistance of the Clark County Coroner’s office, notified the deceased’s family Monday evening.
This crash is still under investigation.
