Tennyston, Ind.-Two men were killed in an automobile wreck early on Nov. 9 while fleeing from a southern Indiana farm where they were surprised by a farmer while apparently trying to steal anhydrous ammonia, according to the Warrick County sheriff’s office. There was no ammonia in the car at the time of the crash, Chief Deputy Brett Kruse told Green Markets. “They fled the scene without stealing anything,” Kruse reported. “They were just trying to get away without being caught after the farmer discovered what was going on.” Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Kruse said the farmer got up about 4:15 a.m. and reported seeing the men near his anhydrous tank. Upon seeing the farmer, the men fled at a high rate of speed. The farmer tracked the car, later finding it had crashed into a guardrail near a bridge over a creek. Kruse said the guardrail went through the front of the vehicle. One of the men had a record of manufacturing methamphetamines and had been charged with having a meth lab at his residence, among other drug-related offenses. His case was yet to go trial. The other had a drug abuse violation this year and was also a suspect in a non-drug theft case.
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