Silver Lake Woman Dies In Fulton County Crash
News Release
ROCHESTER — Brittany Scutchfield, 34, Silver Lake, died in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday, May 31, in Fulton County.
Emergency personnel were called at 9:55 a.m. to 610 S. SR 14. Upon arrival, emergency personnel found the driver to be trapped and unresponsive in the vehicle. Once extricated by Henry Fire Department officials, life-saving measures were performed, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators determined Scutchfield was driving a 2021 Ford Explorer north on SR 14. For an unknown reason, the vehicle went off the west side of the roadway striking a tree. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Assisting the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office were the Indiana State Police, Akron Police Department, Lutheran EMS, Henry Township Fire Department and the Fulton County Coroner’s Office.