Monroe County, IN (August 3, 2026) – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle crash near South Fairfax Road and East Dillman Road just before 9 p.m. on August 3 that killed an 18-year-old Campbellsburg man and injured three other people.
Deputies say the crash involved a Subaru and a Kia. The driver of the Subaru, the 18-year-old Campbellsburg man, was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Both passengers in the Subaru were hurt in the crash. One was airlifted to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis with serious injuries. The sole occupant of the Kia, a 37-year-old Bloomington man, was also injured.
The Monroe County Major Crash Investigation Team responded to the scene and is working to determine what caused the crash.
This is a developing story. Details may change as the investigation continues.
Fatal Car Accidents in Indiana
When investigators are still working out what happened, families are often left waiting weeks or months before fault is assigned to anyone. That wait doesn’t have to mean waiting to act.
- Get medical documentation started immediately, even for injuries that seem minor at the scene. Insurance adjusters use gaps in treatment records to argue an injury wasn’t serious.
- Do not give a recorded statement to either driver’s insurance company before speaking with an attorney. Statements taken in the first days after a crash are often used later to shift blame.
- Preserve what you can: photos of both vehicles, the intersection, and any visible skid marks or debris, along with contact information for anyone who saw the crash happen.
- Hold off on any settlement offer until the investigation is farther along. An early number rarely accounts for the full cost of a serious injury or a death.
Indiana follows a modified comparative fault rule. If the Major Crash Investigation Team ultimately finds that one driver bears more responsibility than the other, an injured person can still recover damages as long as they were less than 51% at fault for the crash.
Wrongful death claims in Indiana must generally be filed within two years of the date of death (IC 34-23-1-1), which places the deadline in this case at August 3, 2028. The same two-year window applies to personal injury claims from the crash (IC 34-11-2-4), running from the date it happened.
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Losing an 18-year-old in seconds, then spending the following days checking on three more people who are still recovering, is more grief and uncertainty than any family should have to sit with alone.
Our Indiana car accident lawyer team has spent decades helping Indiana families sort through exactly this kind of crash, where the cause isn’t clear yet, but the losses already are.
The intersection has likely reopened by now, and the vehicles will eventually leave impound, so the physical evidence from this crash won’t stay preserved on its own. The sooner someone starts gathering it, the better the picture of what happened.
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