 On February 12th, at 1:28 a.m., Dispatch received a call in reference to a wrong-way driver who was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes on the Lloyd Expressway. Dispatch notified EPD Officers about the wrong-way driver. Shortly after the notification, Dispatch received another call at 1:30 a.m., that there was an accident on Lloyd Expressway involving the wrong-way driver and another vehicle.Â
Officers located the accident at Lloyd Expressway over Main St. in the westbound lanes. It appeared that the wrong-way driver ran head-on into another vehicle that was traveling westbound. Both vehicles had heavy damage and both drivers were trapped inside their vehicles with severe injuries. Both drivers were transported to the hospital. EPD Detectives and an EPD Accident Reconstructionist were called to the scene.Â
Officers spoke with witnesses who stated that prior to the crash, they saw the vehicle going the wrong way and swerving between all three lanes of Lloyd Expressway. They stated several cars avoided the on-coming vehicle until it finally collided with the other vehicle.Â
The driver that was traveling the wrong way passed away at the hospital. That driver was identified by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office as 30-year-old Jimmy Royalty. The other driver was an adult female but there is no update on her condition at this time.Â
