IU student killed in car accident

An IU student died early Saturday morning from an automobile accident while he was on his way home.\nDustin Jones, a second-year optometry student, was discovered at about 5:30 a.m. by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. Jones was driving south on Route 446, when his car went off the road at the US 50 east junction and hit a tree, Lawrence County Coroner John Sherrill said. Jones died instantly and had an open skull fracture, a broken left humorous bone and multiple lacerations to his body, Sherrill said. No autopsy was done.\nNobody else was in the car. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department is investigating the accident.