Two Wabash men were airlifted from the scene of a head-on collision on Packerton Road Friday morning.

Investigating deputies determined that Kyle Thomas, 18, of Wabash, was traveling northbound on Packerton Road; when he began to pass another vehicle on a hillcrest. Thomas’ Buick Rainier struck the front end of a southbound Chevrolet Impala, driven by Jessie Monroe, 53, of Wabash.

Following a lengthy extrication, Thomas and Monroe were airlifted to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne with non-life threatening injuries.

Assisting at the scene were the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Silver Lake PD, Parkview EMS and Samaritan Air Ambulance, Lutheran Air Ambulance, Sidney Fire Department, Silver Lake Fire Department, Claypool Fire Department, and Warsaw-Wayne FT