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Driver Hospitalized After Head-on Crash
By: Sheila McCrea - Saturday, July 3, 2021

BUTLER, IN – A driver is in the hospital after crashing head-on into another car while turning Friday.

Just before noon, deputies with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were sent to the 3400 block of State Road 1 on reports of a crash.

Deputies report that a Lincoln Continental, driven by Donald Retterbush, age 85 of Wolcottville, was traveling southbound on Sate Roud 1 and made a left turn onto eastbound 34. As he turned, the car crashed head-on into a northbound Kia Spectra, driven by Isaac Ridgway, age 18 of Hicksville, Ohio.

Retterbush was transported to an area hospital in fair condition.

The DeKalb County Sheriffs Department was assisted by the Butler Fire Department, Parkview DeKalb, Jeff’s Auto, and Riverside Towing.



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