Daniel Lee Wade Burns, 23, New Albany, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Tuesday evening in Clarksville. T
he incident occurred around 8:22 p.m. on Brown Station Way near Lewis and Clark Parkway.
Clarksville Police Department, along with local fire and emergency personnel, responded to reports of a passenger car striking a concrete culvert.
Medical personnel pronounced Burns, the sole occupant of the vehicle, deceased shortly after arriving at the scene.
The Clarksville Police Department requested an Indiana State Police crash reconstruction officer to investigate. Trooper Benjamin Davis, and other troopers responded.
Preliminary findings indicate Burns was driving a gray 2007 Pontiac G7 westbound on Brown Station Way in the right lane. The vehicle drifted across the fog line on the north side of the road, struck a raised curb, and continued west along the curb. The vehicle then veered off the roadway into a ditch, where it collided head-on with a concrete culvert.
Brown Station Way was closed until approximately 11:00 p.m. to allow for the investigation. Burns’ family has been notified.
