Juvenile Female Driver Injured In Thursday Afternoon Accident

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Vigo County, In. – Just after 6:30 Thursday evening Vigo County Deputies were called to a two-vehicle accident at 7th and 41.  Upon arriving they found a female juvenile driver trapped inside her vehicle. Rescue personnel were able to free her, and she was transported to the hospital. The second driver involved, was driving a box truck and was not injured. Based on witness interviews, the cause of the accident was failure to yield by the box truck driver. The driver of the box truck, 40-year-old James Moore of Columbus OH, was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Northbound lanes on US 41 from 7th Street are shut down while the accident reconstruction team reconstructed the accident.  The condition of the juvenile female driver has not been released.