Charges Filed in the Fatal Head On Crash on State Road 350 in Dearborn County

What was reported

Charges have been filed nearly three months after a fatal head-on collision on State Road 350 in Dearborn County. Eagle Country 99.3 reported^[1] that the Dearborn County Prosecutor filed a nine-count felony information against a 46-year-old Moores Hill man on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Bond was set at 5 million dollars.

The crash occurred on Friday, June 12, 2026, at about 5:58 p.m. Authorities allege that a 2006 Ford F-150 traveling westbound on State Road 350 crossed completely into the eastbound lane and struck a 2017 GMC Terrain head on near the fog line. A married couple, both 33 and both from Milan, were killed. Their two young sons survived with serious injuries requiring surgery and were taken to a children's hospital in Cincinnati, according to WBIW^[2]. This post does not include identifying details about the surviving children.

Fox19^[3] and WRTV^[4] reported that Indiana Department of Toxicology results returned in late August 2026 showed methamphetamine, amphetamine, buprenorphine, and norbuprenorphine in the driver's blood. The reported charges include two counts of operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II controlled substance causing death and two counts of operating while intoxicated causing death, all Level 4 felonies; two counts of operating while intoxicated resulting in serious bodily injury, Level 5 felonies; and two misdemeanor counts.

WRBI Radio^[5], WISH-TV^[6], Local 12^[7], Fox59^[8], and The 812^[9] also reported on the charges. All charges are allegations and have not been proven. The Indiana State Police investigated the crash.

What accident victims should do next

Families often ask why charges can take months to file after a suspected impaired-driving crash. Blood samples in a fatal case may require confirmatory testing for multiple substances. A prosecutor may wait for those results before filing charges that depend on them.

The civil clock does not pause while toxicology testing or a criminal investigation continues. Most Indiana personal injury and wrongful death claims must be filed within two years of the injury or death under Indiana Code 34-11-2-4^[10]. Criminal and civil proceedings are separate, so you should not assume the filing of criminal charges protects a civil claim.

During that waiting period, preserving evidence matters. Vehicles can be released or sent to salvage, and electronic information or camera footage can be lost. You can learn more about evidence used in an Indiana crash claim and obtaining an Indiana police crash report. A police report can provide important information, but it does not decide civil responsibility.

When children survive a crash that killed their parents, estate and guardianship issues may also need prompt attention. Those proceedings determine who has authority to make decisions and bring claims for the children. The children's individual injury claims remain separate from wrongful death claims arising from their parents' deaths.

Why location matters in Indiana injury claims

The crash occurred on State Road 350 in Dearborn County. The couple lived in Milan, which is in Ripley County, and the children were taken to a hospital in Ohio. Those facts do not move the reported crash out of Dearborn County.

State Road 350 is a state-maintained route. If a state road, sign, or shoulder condition were implicated, notice to the State would generally be required within 270 days under Indiana Code 34-13-3-6^[11]. A claim involving a city, county, town, or other political subdivision generally requires notice within 180 days under Indiana Code 34-13-3-8^[12]. Nothing in the reporting suggests that a road condition contributed to this collision.

Indiana applies modified comparative fault under Indiana Code 34-51-2-6^[13]. An injured person whose fault is greater than 50 percent recovers nothing; otherwise, any recovery is reduced by that person's percentage of fault. Fault remains a fact-specific civil question, even when criminal charges have been filed. A plain-language explanation is available in the firm's guide to Indiana's 51 percent fault rule.

Indiana's wrongful death statutes include Indiana Code 34-23-1-1^[14] for an adult with dependents and Indiana Code 34-23-1-2^[15] for an adult without dependents. A wrongful death action is brought by the personal representative of the estate. Indiana Code 34-11-6-1^[16] may toll the limitations period for a minor's individual injury claim, but that tolling does not extend a separate wrongful death deadline or keep physical and electronic evidence from disappearing.

Insurance coverage may be especially important when a collision causes multiple deaths and serious injuries. Indiana's minimum auto liability limits are 25,000 dollars per person and 50,000 dollars per accident for bodily injury, plus 25,000 dollars for property damage, under Indiana Code 9-25-4-5^[17]. Indiana insurers must offer uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage under Indiana Code 27-7-5-2^[18]. Which policies apply depends on the policy language and the facts, so every potentially available policy should be identified and reviewed. The firm's guide to crashes involving minimum insurance limits explains why this review matters.

How Delventhal Law Office can help

Delventhal Law Office, LLC is a Fort Wayne personal injury law firm founded by attorney Chad E. Delventhal in 2009. If your family has been affected by a serious crash in Dearborn County, Ripley County, or elsewhere in Indiana, the firm can obtain available crash and reconstruction records, send timely preservation requests, review insurance policies, and explain how a civil claim may proceed while criminal allegations remain pending. You can request a free case evaluation.

This post is based on public reporting, the investigation may be ongoing, and nothing here is legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship.

Sources

1. Eagle Country 99.3 reported (eaglecountryonline.com) ↩
2. WBIW (wbiw.com) ↩
3. Fox19 (fox19.com) ↩
4. WRTV (wrtv.com) ↩
5. WRBI Radio (wrbiradio.com) ↩
6. WISH-TV (wishtv.com) ↩
7. Local 12 (local12.com) ↩
8. Fox59 (fox59.com) ↩
9. The 812 (812noww.com) ↩
10. Indiana Code 34-11-2-4 (iga.in.gov) ↩
11. Indiana Code 34-13-3-6 (iga.in.gov) ↩
12. Indiana Code 34-13-3-8 (iga.in.gov) ↩
13. Indiana Code 34-51-2-6 (iga.in.gov) ↩
14. Indiana Code 34-23-1-1 (iga.in.gov) ↩
15. Indiana Code 34-23-1-2 (iga.in.gov) ↩
16. Indiana Code 34-11-6-1 (iga.in.gov) ↩
17. Indiana Code 9-25-4-5 (iga.in.gov) ↩
18. Indiana Code 27-7-5-2 (iga.in.gov) ↩