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Names released in crash, infant death

Updated: Monday, 16 Jan 2012, 1:34 PM EST
Published : Sunday, 15 Jan 2012, 10:27 PM EST

BRAZIL, Ind. (WTHI) - UPDATE: Vigo County Coroner Dr. Roland Kohr has confirmed to News 10 the driver of the car was

26-year-old Benjamin Chiddister. Kohr said he died of blunt force trauma to the head and chest.

Chiddister is also being called a person of interest in the death of 21-month-old Sylus Eder.

Kohr said the baby died of blunt force trauma to the skull.

News 10 is attending a 2 p.m. press conference at the Terre Haute Police Department to get more information.

 

A car crashes into a house in Vigo County, Indiana.

News 10 has confirmed that the driver in that crash is a person of interest in the death investigation of an infant in Terre Haute.

The crash happened just before 7:00 Sunday night at 9611 North Miami Gardens Road in eastern Vigo County. The home has a Brazil address, which is normally thought of as being in Clay County.

Police say a man was driving too fast around a corner, drove into the driveway, hit a stone wall, causing his car to flip into the garage.

Police tell News 10 the driver died at the scene.


 

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