IN Man Jason Tolle ID’d As Victim In Saturday Night Pierceton ORV Crash Driver Joel Zehner Arrested

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, IN. (THECOUNT) — Jason Tolle, of Pierceton, Indiana, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Saturday night off-road vehicle crash in Kosciusko County.

Tolle, 45, was killed in an ORV crash on Saturday night near Ridinger Lake. The driver of the vehicle, Joel Zehner, 39, was taken into custody.

According to officials, Zehner was operating an ORV on EMS R4 with Tolle as his passenger, when the vehicle rolled over during a turn ejecting Tolle around 7:40 p.m. on Saturday. Toole then became pinned underneath the vehicle.

Toole was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

Following the crash, Zehner fled the scene of the crash and was later apprehended with the assistance of a K9 unit.

Officials say, Zehner brandished a firearm as police attempted to take him into custody. Officers convinced him to drop the weapon and he was arrested without further incident.

Charges against Zehner are pending.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Kosciusko County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded the population at 77,358. The county seat is Warsaw. The county was formed in 1836. It was named after the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko who served in the American Revolutionary War and then returned to Poland – Wikipedia.