Weekend Crash Sends Jasper Man to Memorial Hospital

By: David Shepherd, Director of News & Public Information

JASPER -- A Jasper man was sent to the hospital over the weekend following a single vehicle crash.

Police say it happened around 8:20 Saturday morning on County Road 400 E, north of CR 700 N.

58-year-old Russell Mehringer was driving north when, for an unknown reason, drove off of the right side of the roadway and hit a large tree.

Mehringer was taken to Memorial Hospital.

No word at this hour on his condition.