Bradley teen dies in crash near Lowell, Indiana

LOWELL, Ind. – Lake County officials identified the teenager killed in an early-morning, single-vehicle crash Thursday near Lowell, Indiana, as a Bradley resident, according to reporting from the Northwest Indiana Times.

The Lake County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the teen as Carson Kelly, 18, of Bradley, according to the report. An autopsy revealed that Kelly suffered multiple blunt force injuries caused by a motor vehicle accident. Toxicology results still are pending.

Kelly was driving a pickup west on 231st Avenue about 3 a.m. Thursday when the truck left the road, hit a water duct, was airborne, landed and rolled over, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.

Kelly was ejected from the pickup, police said. It’s unknown whether he was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to the report. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the incident.