ETNA GREEN — Jeremy Hartzell, 35, Nappanee, sustained fatal injuries and Nicholas A. Pelc, 25, Nappanee, sustained critical injury in the single-vehicle roll-over crash that occured last night, March 2. 

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel responded to a reported single vehicle rollover crash on CR 900W near CR 700N in Kosciusko County. The crash involved a northbound 2008 Suzuki traveling off the western edge of the roadway. The operator of the Suzuki lost control traveling across the roadway and rolling into a yard off the western edge of the roadway. The vehicle struck a tree in yard at that location causing extensive damage to the Suzuki.

The driver, Hartzell, was found unresponsive in the 2008 Suzuki, and was pronounced dead at the scene from his injuries by the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office. Pelc sustained serious injuries in the crash and was transported to Lutheran Hospital Fort Wayne for treatment. 

Officers stated that the crash is still currently under investigation.  The Kosciusko County Fatal Team was assisted at the scene by members of the Etna Green Fire Department, Lutheran EMS, Nappanee Police Department and the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department.