A woman in Indiana crashed into eight teens as they were trying to push a stalled SUV to a slumber party Saturday night, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday.
Cara Selby, 37, of Seymour, was traveling in a Chevy Suburban with nine children, ages 12-16, on State Road 258 around 11 p.m. when the SUV broke down about a block from her home, where the family was having a birthday slumber party, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Eight of the teens got out to help push the SUV the rest of the way to the house when a 2018 Chevy Traverse driven by 24-year-old Elizabeth Watson struck them.
Two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old died at the scene. A fourth child, age 16, was flown by helicopter to IU Health Methodist Hospital and later died there.
Selby’s 15-year-old daughter was flown by helicopter to Methodist, while a 14-year-old girl was taken to Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. A 15-year-old girl was flown to Louisville for treatment.
A 15-year-old injured outside the SUV and a 12-year-old inside the SUV during the crash were taken to a hospital by ambulance and later released.
