The Indiana State Police are investigating the death of a Washington County Detention Center Inmate.

According to ISP Sgt. Jerry Goodin, Travis W. Doan, 40, from Hardinsburg, IN, hung himself in his cell on Monday evening.

Doan was booked into the jail on August 29 on charges of a writer of attachment.

At approximately 5p Monday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department contacted the Indiana State Police and requested assistance with an inmate that was found deceased inside of a jail cell.

Washington County Sheriff Roger Newlon requested ISP detectives and ISP Crime Scene Investigators handle the investigation.

Goodin said this is being treated as a death investigation.

An autopsy was performed Tuesday and preliminary autopsy results showed death by hanging by ligature, said Goodwin.

Goodin said toxicology reports are pending.

Goodin said he could not reveal what Doan used to hang himself.

A 41-year-old English woman was killed in an early morning crash on I-64 in Harrison County.

Diana Sue Watson, 41, from Mifflin West Fork Road in English, IN, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was ejected from her vehicle.

Around 12:45 am this morning, a maroon 2000 Ford Ranger was west bound on Interstate #64 at the 107 Mile Marker in Harrison County.

As the Ford Ranger was travelling west bound being driven by, Diana Sue Watson, 41, from Mifflin West Fork Road in English, IN, it veered off of the roadway into the median.

According to police, it appears Watson over-corrected the Ford Ranger, travelling back across Interstate #64 and going off the west side of the roadway striking a rock wall.

The Ford Ranger rolled over, ejecting Watson from the truck. The Ford Ranger came to a final resting position partially in the right, (driving), lane.

Another vehicle, a white 2003 GMC Sonoma, which was also traveling west, struck the crashed Ford Ranger. The driver of the GMC Sonoma, Joseph W. Gilley, 65, from Washington, IN, was not injured.

Interstate #64 west bound was closed for a short period of time while the crash was being investigated.

This crash is being investigated by Trooper Josh Orme from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg.

Assisting agencies; Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, Harrison County Fire and E.M.S., Corydon Town Police and the Harrison County Coroner’s Office.

This investigation is continuing.

A 66-year-old Lexington, Indiana man was killed in a head-on crash Saturday night in Charlestown.

Thomas M. Bush, 66 years of age from Lexington, Indiana, traveling south when another vehicle hit him head on.

Saturday at approximately 3:27 p.m., the Clark County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle accident on State Road 3 near the intersection of Harry Hughes Rd., Charlestown, Indiana.

Upon arriving on scene, officers located a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro and a 2002 Pontiac Firebird which appeared to be involved in a head on collision.

Evidence from the scene suggested the driver of Chevrolet, Ms. Kristin S. Coy, 36 years of age from Scottsburg, Indiana, was traveling northbound on State Road 3 where she ran off the roadway and over-corrected, causing her vehicle to cross into the southbound lane of State Road 3 causing a head on collision with the Pontiac, which was driven by Bush, who was traveling south.

Mr. Bush was pronounced deceased on scene by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.

Ms. Coy was transported to University of Louisville hospital with serious injuries.

Preliminary toxicology testing was conducted on both drivers. According to Captain Scottie Maples, the results are pending.

It should be noted that Sandra Coy was operating with a suspended operator’s license (infraction)  through the state of Indiana.

WSLM will have additional details and will update this story as soon as details are released.