Medical emergency suspected in fatal crash at Connersville gas station

CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — A male driver died Wednesday afternoon after his vehicle crashed at a Speedway gas station, the Connersville Police Department said in a social media post.

The crash happened at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday at the station at the intersection of East 30th Street, State Road 1/Park Road, and North Central Avenue, said the post from Detective Clint Brown.

Preliminary findings suggested the driver experienced a medical emergency, leading to a loss of control of the vehicle. He was taken in critical condition to a Connersville hospital, where he died a short time later.

Callers to dispatchers reported an unconscious male at the gas station. Police were told the vehicle was traveling north on State Road 1 at a high rate of speed before continuing northwest through the intersection. The post said the car then left the road, crossed a grass barrier on the south side of the Speedway lot, and veered left, impacting a wall a...