GOSHEN, IN - A crash involving an intoxicated driver claimed the life of a Goshen teenager on Tuesday afternoon, the South Bend Tribune reports.
The collision occurred in the area of Indiana 15 and County Road 326 at about 3:10 p.m. The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office said the driver of a car failed to yield and pulled into the intersection, where the vehicle was struck on the driver's side by an oncoming motorcycle.
The motorcyclist, a 17-year-old girl from Goshen, was ejected from the bike and died at the scene. She was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. The driver of the car, identified as 46-year-old Jodi Nagle of Goshen, was determined to have been driving under the influence of cannabis.
Nagle, who was not injured, was taken to jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated causing death.
