An Evansville man is dead after wrong-way crash on the Lloyd Expressway. WNIN’s John Gibson reports:
The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office says 30-year-old Jimmy Lee Royalty died about 12 hours after the crash.
Evansville Police were alerted to a wrong-way driver on the Lloyd at about 1:30 Sunday morning, and a short time later found two vehicles had collided head-on near Main St.
A police report said Royalty was pulled from his car unconscious.
A woman pulled from the other vehicle reportedly had severe injuries to her legs. There was no word her identity.
Witnesses told police they saw Royalty’s vehicle cross three lanes before the crash.
Several drivers avoided the oncoming vehicle.