Passenger Of Car Driven By Leesburg Man Dies In Whitley County Crash

A woman is dead after the car she was riding in struck a tree and caught fire in Whitley County yesterday. 82 year old Barbara G. Steinsberger of Indianapolis was the passenger of a 2009 Toyota driven by John C. Doll of Leesburg. According to police, Doll was driving east on C.R. 750 North when the vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree for an unknown reason. Doll suffered neck and leg injuries and was taken to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Steinsberger was pronounced dead at the scene.