August 23, 1977

Woman hurt in accident

       A 19-year-old Indianapolis woman was injured late Tuesday after she lost control of her car on Smith Valley Road, clipped a telephone pole and crashed into a fence, according to Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputies. The driver, identified as Deborah A. Gruca, 19, reportedly suffered facial cuts. Authorities said she was treated and released at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove. Sheriff’s Deputy Harvey Thompson reported that Miss Gruca was traveling west on Smith Valley Road near County Road 550W about 10:40 p.m. when her car dropped off the right side of the roadway, clipped a telephone pole, and veered across the road before crashing into a fence. The White River Township rescue unit responded to the scene.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)
 
 
 

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