2 IU faculty members injured in 2 car collision

One person was killed and two anthropology faculty members were seriously injured in a crash just after 11 a.m. Wednesday on Old State Road 37.\nWilburn Brown, 78, of Bloomington, died after his north-bound Pontiac Sedan hit the cement guardrail and slid across the south-bound lane, hitting an SUV head on, Monroe County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Scott Mellinger said.\nTwo of the three passengers inside the SUV were seriously injured, including two faculty members at IU’s Stone Age Institute.\nResearch scientist Parth Chauhan, 34, broke both of his arms and administrative secretary Mila Norman, 54, broke her ankle, Mellinger said.\nThe accident happened just north of Bloomington at 11:17 a.m. near the exit for State Road 37.\nMellinger said the reason Brown hit the guardrail is unknown.\nAccording to the Stone Age Institute’s Web site, Norman formerly worked for SPEA and has worked at IU for over 20 years. She is also a life-long resident of Monroe County.\nChauhan is a postdoctoral research fellow with the institute and has studied in the United Kingdom and India.