Two 18-year-olds killed after Jeep hits tree in Fulton County

ROCHESTER, Ind. (WISH) — Two teenagers, one from Fulton County and the other from Kosciusko County, died in a crash over the weekend.

Sunday at 9:40 p.m., Indiana State Police and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office both responded to a crash on State Road 114 near County Road 1600 East.

Police say that Coleton Cahill from Claypool, Indiana and Joselynn Hensley from Rochester, Indiana — both 18-year-olds — died in the crash.

Cahill was driving as 2015 Jeep Cherokee eastbound on State Road 114 when, for an unknown reason, the Jeep went off the south side of the road and crashed into a tree. Cahill and Hensley were both pronounced dead at the scene.

Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be involved, but “speed is believed to be a contributing factor in this crash,” ISP said in a press release Monday morning.

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