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Dunkirk woman fatally injured in crash on Ind. 167

Douglas Walker
Muncie Star Press

DUNKIRK, Ind. — A Dunkirk woman was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash on Ind. 167.

Linda D. Thompson, 50, was pronounced dead early Saturday after being flown by medical helicopter to Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

The crash was reported about 11:50 p.m. Friday on the state highway north of Dunkirk.

According to the Jay County Sheriff's Department, Thompson, driving a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina, was traveling southbound when her car left the highway near Division Road, went into a ditch and rolled several times in a field.

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Thompson was ejected from the car.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.