A Wabash man was killed in a Thursday two-vehicle crash.

Just before 10:30 am, officers from the Indiana State Police and the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle crash on State Road 124 at America Road.

The preliminary crash investigation by Senior Trooper Todd Trottier and Senior Trooper Jeremy Perez revealed that Jason Sturgill, 28, of Wabash, was driving a 2002 Chrysler mini-van southbound on America Road approaching a stop sign at the intersection of State Road 124. The van failed to stop at the stop sign and pulled onto State Road 124 striking a grain trailer being pulled by a westbound 2018 Freightliner semi-tractor. The Freightliner was driven by Douglas Nicodemus, 45, of Columbia City.

Sturgill was pronounced deceased at the crash scene.

A two-year-old girl in Sturgill’s van was transported, via ambulance, to a Ft Wayne hospital. She had non-life-threatening injuries.

Nicodemus was transported to a local hospital, treated, and released. 

The crash is still under investigation. Neither the use of alcohol nor narcotics is suspected as having contributed to the crash.