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Ball State Student Dies After Car Flips Into Ditch

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. (AP) — Central Indiana police say a Ball State University student died overnight after his car overturned along a flooded roadway.
 
   Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Jones says 19-year-old Blake A. Taylor of Kokomo was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
 
   Jones says Taylor was heading to the Muncie campus when his car hydroplaned on a flooded portion of State Road 26 about 11 p.m. Sunday and ended up flipping over into a ditch filled with 4 to 5 feet of water. The sheriff’s office estimates Taylor was in the water for 10 to 12 minutes.
 
   Police broke out one of the car’s windows in an unsuccessful attempt to free Taylor. Officers then used tow straps to pull the car back onto the roadway, which was flooded from heavy weekend rains.

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