August 25, 2023 at 11:04 p.m.
Schwartz died in accident Thursday
A rural Portland man died after a vehicle crash Thursday on Indiana 18.
Harley J. Schwartz, 22, sustained a fatal head injury after a Peru woman hit the back of his horse and buggy with her vehicle, causing him to be thrown from the vehicle, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report.
Deborah D. Houser, 74, was driving her 2013 Chevrolet Equinox west on the highway near county road 50 East behind Schwartz when she struck the buggy.
The impact threw Schwartz from the buggy. He was unconscious when responders arrived, according to the report, and was flown to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, where he died.
Houser told police she didn’t see Schwartz on the road. She was taken to IU Health Jay for a drug and alcohol blood test with results pending from Indiana Department of Toxicology.
Her vehicle was towed, with damage estimated at more than $100,000.
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