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ISP Investigating Fatal Crash on I-64 in Perry County
(Perry County) - The Indiana State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred sometime yesterday. At approximately 6:31 P.M. Perry County Sheriff’s Department received a call of an overdue motorist from Virginia. A Maria Booker, 35, of Locust Grove, Virginia left Colorado earlier in the day and no one was able to make contact with Booker for several hours. Indiana State Police along with Perry County Sheriff’s Department began to look on I-64 for Booker in the last known location from a family member. At approximately 7:20 P.M., Perry County Sheriff’s Department located a 2018 Chevrolet near the 75.5-mile marker down an embankment in the heavily wooded area. The driver was found to be deceased.
Through license and registration information, positive identification was made that the deceased driver was Maria Booker. Virginia State Police were contacted to make the death notification. An autopsy is pending.
Investigating Officer: Trooper Teresa Bowling
Assisting Officers: Sergeant Brian LaRoache, Master Trooper Timothy Weisenberger, Trooper Jonathan Villanueva, Trooper Andrew Recker, and Trooper Austin Collins
Assisting Agencies: Perry County Coroner, Perry County Sheriff’s Department, Perry County Fire and EMS
 
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