FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A man is in critical condition after the car he was driving left a Fort Wayne road and hit a tree mid-morning Monday.
Police and medics were called around 10:15 a.m. to the 1200 block of St. Joe River Drive on reports of the crash. The driver has not been identified and it is not clear what caused his car to go off the road.
FWPD officials released the following:
The Fort Wayne Police Department Fatal Accident Crash Team is investigating a single vehicle accident involving injury that occurred today at roughly 10:13 am. Preliminary information indicates that a beige Oldsmobile cutlass was traveling west on St. Joe River Dr. when the vehicle went off the roadway running into a tree in front of 1236 St. Joe River Dr. The adult male driver was the only occupant in the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries in the accident. The driver was transported to a local hospital by TRAA.
At this time it is unknown what caused the accident. St. Joe River Dr. was closed for just under an hour while the Fatal Accident Crash Team and the Air Support Unit finished processing the scene. This incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Allen County Prosecutors Office.
