IU employee dies in car accident on Old Ind. 37

IU employee Darrell Tolliver, 55, died Tuesday morning after a car accident on Old Ind. 37, said Mark Land, associate vice president of University Communications.

Tolliver had been on IU's grounds keeping crew since 1990. He was driving from his home in Mitchell, Ind., when he struck a tree, flipping his vehicle. Monroe County had a flood warning at the time of the accident.

Capt. Robert McWhorter of the Perry-Clear Creek Fire Department said firefighters responded at about 6:30 a.m. to the scene near the Kroger gas station at 4025 S. Old Ind. 37. They found Tolliver's white Buick Century and the uprooted, broken tree.

"We really don't know what happened, what made him lose control of the vehicle," McWhorter said.

He said poor weather conditions were likely a factor in the accident, but there could be several other reasons that Tolliver lost control. McWhorter said the tree didn't appear to fall on the vehicle.

"We had to remove the driver's door and remove the steering wheel of the vehicle," McWhorter said. "We were able to get him out."

Tolliver had a pulse but was unconscious when firefighters removed him from the vehicle, McWhorter said. He was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.