Posted On: July 21, 2008 by Parr Richey Obremskey & Morton

2 Dead in Boone County/Interstate 65 Car Accident

Msnbc.msn.com has reported that early Saturday morning a 33-year-old Indianapolis man accessed Interstate 65 northbound in the wrong direction, causing a motor vehicle accident killing both himself and the driver of another car. Mark Cabbell, Jr. was identified as the driver of the car headed in the wrong direction that collided with the car driven by 22-year-old Samatha Burke, as she was headed northbound near the State Road 39 exit. Burke was heading home from her shift as a nurse at Riley Children's Hospital.

Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Police are investigating whether Cabbell was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.