Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Dave O’Mara Inc. plans to begin work next week on State Road 56 between Ferry Street and First Street in downtown Madison.

Beginning on or after Monday, April 3, S.R. 56 will be reduced to one lane in each direction controlled by temporary traffic signals to allow crews to complete a small structure replacement.

Access to S.R. 56 from Ferry Street and First Street is expected to be closed for approximately 60 days, weather permitting.

Christen Allen Wright, 38 of Phoenix Arizona, has been arrested for a felony warrant out of Maricopa County Arizona.

The warrant included charges of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, Molestation of a Child, and three counts of Sexual Conduct with a Minor, all Class 2 Felonies.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office Detectve Division, in cooperation with El Mirage Arizona Police Department and Jeffersonville, Indiana Police Department, began a joint investigation into Mr. Wright’s whereabouts after receiving information that he may be in the area.

Authorities in Arizona relayed information to our agency that Mr. Wright had aƩempted to deceive investigators into believing he was deceased by driving to a local hospital in Arizona and having an acquaintance phone his family and tell them he was deceased, and they needed to collect his personal property from the hospital.

The acquaintance posed as a nurse and dressed in scrubs to deceive family members when they collected his personal property.

This act of deception assisted Mr. Wright in fleeing Arizona.

Further investigation led to the discovery that Mr. Wright was at a residence in the 600 block of Georgian Ave. in Sellersburg, Indiana.

The Southern Indiana Regional Swat Team apprehended Wright without incident, and he is currently being held in the Clark County Jail awaiting extradition to Maricopa County Arizona.

Sheriff Maples wishes to express his graƟtude to the law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation for their assistance in this case.

It is important to note that all individuals, including Mr. Wright, are considered innocent unt proven guilty in a court of law.

Early Monday morning, Troopers from the Indiana State Police-Sellersburg and Versailles Posts began investigating two separate crashes on I-65 Southbound near the 18 mile marker in northern Clark County that claimed the life of an unidentified man.

The investigation by Indiana State Police Crash Reconstructionists indicated that shortly after midnight, a maroon 2014 Ford Fusion driven by Tee’untra Moore, age 31, Frankfort, Kentucky sustained a deflated tire while traveling southbound on I-65.  The vehicle continued southbound, while traveling well below the speed limit with the hazard lights activated.  Moore’s vehicle was then struck from behind by a black 2002 Honda Civic being driven by an unidentified Hispanic adult male.  Moore’s vehicle left the west side of the road and came to rest.  The Honda entered the median where it came to rest partially in the left lane of I-65 Southbound. 

The driver of the Honda exited the vehicle and was standing next to it.  The man, along with the Honda, were then struck by a black 2020 Cadillac Escalade, being driven by Martin Rodriguez, age 56, Greenwood, Indiana.  As a result of the second collision, the unidentified driver of the Honda Civic sustained fatal injuries.  He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Clark County Coroner’s Office. 

Moore and Rodriguez both had multiple passengers in their vehicles.  Some of the occupants in both vehicles sustained non-life threatening injuries. 

Toxicology results are pending although drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be factors in the crash.

The deceased male was the only occupant of the Honda Civic.  Investigators are working to determine his identity.  Information located in the vehicle indicated that he may have been 26 years old with previous connections to the Indianapolis, Indiana area. 

Anyone with information on his possible identity is urged to call Trooper Tate Rohlfing at the Indiana State Police-Sellersburg Post, at (812)246-5424.

The Indiana State Police was assisted by the Clark County Sheriff’s Department, Monroe Township Fire Department, Tri Township Fire Department, New Chapel EMS, and the Clark County Coroner’s Office.