FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015

A 27 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE FROM FORT WAYNE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:08 P. M. ON I69 AT THE 294.6 MILE MARKER. HE IS IDENTIFIED AS JACOB W. FISH. HE WAS THE RESTRAINED DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A NORTHBOUND VEHICLE THAT CROSSED OVER THE MEDIAN AND INTO HIS PATH.

CAUSE OF DEATH: BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

MANNER OF DEATH: ACCIDENT

FISH IS THE 23RD TRAFFIC FATALITY FOR FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY IN 2015.

AN ASIAN MALE, WHO WAS THE DRIVER OF THE NORTHBOUND VEHICLE THAT CROSSED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, AND WHO WAS RESTRAINED, WAS ALSO PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NORTHEAST INDIANA FORENSIC CENTER TO DETERMINE IF HE DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES, OR IF HE HAD SUFFERED A MEDICAL EVENT PRIOR TO THE CRASH. HE HAS NOT BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME, BUT HIS CAUSE OF DEATH IS BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, AND HIS MANNER OF DEATH IS ACCIDENT. HE IS THE 24TH TRAFFIC FATALITY FOR FOT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY IN 2015.

THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ALLEN COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ALLEN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE.

PATT KITE
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR/DEPUTY CORONER
ALLEN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE