JENNINGS COUNTY — A Westport man is facing felony charges after an accident left one person dead this past weekend. The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana State Police are investigating the Saturday night crash involving a truck and a motorcycle in the 9000 block of State Road 3 North, near the Decatur County line.
When deputies arrived, they found one person, a 23-year-old man from Westport, who had sustained life-threatening injuries. He was transported to the St. Vincent Jennings emergency room where he was pronounced dead, according to law enforcement.
The driver of the truck, Mark Shreve, 45, of Westport, was also taken to St. Vincent Jennings ER to be cleared for minor injuries. Shreve was then arrested and faces preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, a level 4 felony.