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Shipshewana Woman Dies in LaGrange County Accident

LAGRANGE, Ind. (WOWO): A Shipshewana woman is dead after a weekend car crash in LaGrange County.

The LaGrange County Sheriff's Department says 66 year old Linda Mast died Saturday morning when her van was broadsided by another vehicle at about 11:30. It happened at the intersection of County Road 250N and County Road 1000W. 

Her passenger, 46 year old Dewayne Bontrager, was hospitalized at Parkview LaGrange along with the driver of the other vehicle, 67 year old Linda Barkalow of Lawton, Michigan. 

Barkalow's passenger, 79 year old Margie Howard of Gobles, Michigan, had to be flown to Parkview Regional in Fort Wayne. 

No charges were filed. 

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