Victim dies after leaping from burning vehicle
A local woman has died, less than a week after leaping from a burning vehicle.
Our news-gathering partners at The Republic are reporting that funeral services for 22-year-old Karlee K. Hurt will be held at 10 a.m. this morning at Collins Funeral Home in Scottsburg.
On Oct. 18th, Hurt was riding in an SUV on U.S. 31 when the vehicle began smoking. As the driver slowed to stop, Hurt leapt from the vehicle while it was still moving about 30 mph according to police reports. She was critically injured and flown to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, where she died on Wednesday, the newspaper reports.
The paper reports that Hurt had moved to Columbus to live with her mother and her mother’s spouse.