FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at approximately 7:49 AM, Decatur County Dispatch received a call of a crash between two vehicles near County Road 400 S. and St. Rd. 3 S. Upon the arrival of first responders, two crashed vehicles were discovered from a near head on collision.
It was determined that vehicle #1, a 2004 Honda van, driven by Samantha Lyn Blessing, 34 years of age, from Greensburg, was traveling northbound on St. Rd. 3 with four passengers ranging in age from seven months to nine years of age in her vehicle. Vehicle #2, a 2007 Toyota Camry, was driven by a 16-year-old, traveling south on St. Rd. 3.
While this crash is still being investigated, it appears that vehicle #1 was passing a semi when it collided with vehicle #2. The driver of vehicle #1, Ms. Blessing, a nine-year-old passenger in her vehicle and the driver of vehicle #2 were all transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis by helicopter. The remaining passengers were transported by ambulance to the Decatur County Memorial Hospital.
St. Rd. 3 was closed for approximately three and one-half hours for investigation and clean up.
Assisting the Decatur County Sheriff’s Dept. were:
Decatur County Dispatch
Greensburg Fire Dept.
Letts Fire Dept.
Burney Fire Dept.
Westport Fire Dept.
Stat Flight, with three helicopters
St. Paul Marshal
Decatur County Crisis Intervention Team
Greensburg Police Dept., and
Indiana State Police
Due to the number of injured people, additional ambulances were requested from
Bartholomew County and Jennings County, but were disregarded prior to their arrival.
