This morning around 10:30, an Indiana State Trooper with Commercial Vehicle Enforcement stopped a tractor-trailer at the eastbound scales located at the 1 mile-marker for a routine DOT inspection.

During conversations with the driver the trooper noticed several

criminal indicators.   

After consent from the driver, a search of the tractor-trailer was conducted. Troopers found 220-pounds of suspected cocaine and 65-pounds of suspected methamphetamine. 

The drugs were located inside the trailer in travel bags. Estimated street value of the illegal drugs is approximately $5-Million. The tractor-trailer was loaded with aluminum crates and was traveling from California to Ohio.

The driver of the commercial vehicle was incarcerated in the Vigo County jail for the following charges.

Arrested was Ravninder Singh Kaler, age 22, of Bakersfield, California and charged with dealing narcotics, a felony; and possession of narcotics, a felony. 

A husband is dead and his wife is in the hospital with life threatening injuries aftern an accident this afternoon on US 150.

This afternoon at approximately 2:30 pm, a 71-year-old Floyds Knobs man was killed in a motorcycle accident on US 150.

Dickey E. Coffee, of Floyds Knobs was pronounced dead at the scene.

His wife, Vonda, 71, was a passenger on the same motorcycle and was transported by ambulance to University of Louisville hospital with life threatening injuries. 

Officers from the Indiana State Police and the Washington County Sheriff’s Department responded to the report of a Personal Injury crash involving two motorcycles and a car on U.S. 150 just west of Cross Road in southern Washington County. 

A preliminary investigation reveals that a red, 2013 Victory motorcycle, driven by Coffey, was traveling westbound on U.S. 150 near Cross Road. 

Dickey Coffey’s son, Kimmy E. Coffey, 51, of Lanesville, IN, was also westbound on his 1983 Honda motorcycle and was travelling westbound along with his father.  

Both motorcycles attempted to pass a slow moving pickup truck with trailer which was also travelling westbound. 

As the motorcycles began to pass, a gold 2003 Toyota Camry, driven by Whitney Gaines, 25, of Fredericksburg, IN, approached eastbound.   

During the pass, it appears that the red 2013 Victory Motorcycle struck the rear of the 1983 Honda motorcycle causing it to veer into the eastbound lane, striking the Toyota Camry. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Coffey were thrown from the motorcycle. 

Dickey E. Coffey was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by the Washington County Coroner. 

Vonda Coffee was transported by Washington County EMS to the University of Louisville Hospital with life threatening injuries. 

Whitney Gaines was transported to the University of Louisville with non-life threatening injuries.  

Kimmy Coffee was not injured.   

The crash remains under investigation.  U.S.150 was closed for approximately three hours.  

The Indiana State Police were assisted by units from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, the Posey Township Fire Department, Washington County EMS, and the Washington County Coroner’s Office.