Officials confirmed a box truck operated by 24-year-old Malik Latrel Stafford of Louisville, Ky. was traveling northbound when for unknown reasons it veered off the road, overcorrected and swerved into oncoming vehicles.
Evansville, IN. – The woman killed in a head-on collision on Monday afternoon has been identified as Maria Guetling, 31, in Evansville, Vanderburgh County.
According to the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office, the collision occurred at 3:25 p.m. on N. St. Joseph Avenue near the landfill in the area of Wimberg and Mohr Roads.
Officials confirmed a box truck operated by 24-year-old Malik Latrel Stafford of Louisville, Ky. was traveling northbound when, for unknown reasons, it veered off the road, overcorrected and swerved into oncoming vehicles.
The truck then crashed head-on into an SUV operated by Guetling.
Guetling was declared dead at the scene.
A small child in the SUV was secured in a car seat and was not injured in the crash.
Deputies conducted a chemical test on Stafford.
Stafford was arrested and charged for DUI causing death as a level 4 felony and DUI as a class A misdemeanor.
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