Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday for a Rochester man who died from injuries sustained in a Friday crash.
Robert “Bobby” David Tuttle, 27, of Rochester, passed away Saturday at Lutheran Hospital of Ft. Wayne following complications from a car accident.
The two-vehicle collision and fire resulted in Tuttle being flown from the scene of a Friday..
Just after 9 a.m., the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the accident at US 31 and West 3rd Street. A 1997 Ford truck operated by Tuttle was traveling west on 3rd Street and crossed into the median. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office says Tuttle began to cross the southbound lanes when he was struck by a 2015 Chevrolet truck operated by Devon Cox, 20, of Indianapolis. The impact caused the Ford to roll over several times and down an embankment where it caught fire.
Tuttle was flown from the scene to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne by Samaritan Helicopter with life threatening injuries.
Cox was not injured.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office sent out a special thank you to several motorists who stopped to assist and several employees of Brake and Spring of Rochester for assisting to remove Tuttle from his vehicle and render first aid.
Funeral services for Robert Tuttle can be found at the following link: https://fultoncountypost.com/obituaries/698223/robert-bobby-david-tuttle-27-of-rochester
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