Passenger dies in Johnson County crash

A passenger died after a crash near Trafalgar on Friday.

According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to the accident on State Road 135 and County Road 500W at about 3:42 p.m. Friday afternoon. A pickup being driven by 16-year-old Jeremiah J. May of Morgantown was turning left into the path of a pickup being driven by 79-year-old Hugh K. Gossage of Trafalgar. Gossage and his passenger, 79-year-old Mary L. Gossage, were seriously injured and were taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, where she died of her injuries.

May was taken to Riley Hospital in Indianapolis.