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Posey Crash Victim Identified

Coroner: Kenneth Vessels of Vincennes died in Monday's crash

Authorities have released the name of the man killed in a head-on crash in Posey County. WNIN’s John Gibson has the update:

The coroner’s office identifies the victim as 31-year-old Kenneth Vessels of Vincennes.

The Posey County Sheriff’s Office says a vehicle driven by Vessels crossed the centerline on State Road 69 at Smith Mills Road Monday morning and crashed into a vehicle driven by Louis Riecken.

First responders had to extricate Vessels from the wreckage.

They attempted life-saving measures but Vessels was pronounced dead at the scene.

Riecken suffered non-life-threatening injuries.