Two Washington men were injured following a crash involving a tractor yesterday.
Around 4:50 pm yesterday, a state trooper was patrolling US 50 near Mt. Zion Road when he saw a serious crash involving a farm tractor and a pickup truck.
Police say preliminary investigation revealed 36-year-old Phillip Murray of Washington, was driving a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck eastbound in the driving lane on US 50 when for unknown reasons he collided into the rear of a farm tractor pulling a farm implements.
The farm tractor was traveling east on the shoulder and right lane at the time of the crash.
Murray was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, however, he later was later airlifted to Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville where he is currently being treated for serious injuries.
The driver of the farm tractor, 46-year-old Jason Wichman of Washington was transported to Daviess Community Hospital in Washington for non-life-threatening injuries.
The eastbound lanes of US 50 were closed for approximately three hours while troopers investigated the crash
