Lebanon Reporter

Local News

Reader comments

Click here to submit a comment
July 20, 2008

Tests will determine if wrong-way driver in fatal crash was intoxicated

Lebanon — Funeral services were scheduled today for a Riley Hospital nurse who died instantly in a crash Saturday.

Samantha J. Burke, 22, Lafayette, was northbound on Interstate 65 when Mark A. Cabbell, Jr., 33, Indianapolis, struck her head-on at 3:57 a.m. Cabbell died shortly after the impact.

Cabbell was removed from his 2000 Chevrolet Blazer by Lebanon and Center Township firefighters.

Cabbell was going south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 65 just south of Indiana 39 when he hit Burke’s 2005 Grand Prix.

A 911 call reporting the crash came about 15 seconds after another alerting police a vehicle was going the wrong way on the interstate, Boone County Sheriff Dept. Deputy Chris Burcham said.

It could be weeks before chemical tests determine if Cabbell was intoxicated, Burcham said.

Rescuers said they smelled alcohol in Cabbell’s SUV, Burcham said.

Burcham was the first officer on the scene, arriving less than a minute after the crash.

A Lifeline helicopter from Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, was requested, but Cabbell died before the helicopter arrived.

Burke, who graduated from nursing school in December, had worked at Riley Hospital for Children since January. She was en route to Lafayette to attend the funeral Saturday of a friend.

The sheriff’s department was assisted by the Lebanon, Whitestown and Zionsville police departments. Boone County EMS paramedics and chaplains from the Boone County Sheriff Department also responded.

Text Only
Local News
  • 05-19-12 gold wings2.jpg Staying the Course

    The Gold Wings riders will put on a light show parade through town Saturday starting at 9 p.m. The public is invited back to the fairgrounds for a light show display and awards following the parade at around 10 p.m.

    May 19, 2012 1 Photo

  • Police arrest bicyclist who shot at vehicle

    Jeremy Steiman, 25, of Zionsville, was located and arrested Friday afternoon, three weeks after he put three .45 caliber bullets through the back windshield of a passing car while he was cycling on County Road 200 South near CR 700 East.

    May 19, 2012

  • I-65 overnight closings start Monday night

    The Indiana Department of Transportation announce there will be nightly 20-minute lane closures on Interstate 65 in both northbound and southbound lanes in Boone County from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. beginning Monday, May 21, through May 30, weather permitting.

    May 19, 2012

  • 05-18-12 regrets only.jpg 'Regrets Only'

    Tickets are $12 or $10 for seniors and students. Call 765-894-5587 for reservations.

    May 18, 2012 1 Photo

  • City OKs abatement for business addition

    Lebanon Business Park tenant IBC Coatings Technologies, Inc., was approved for a 10-year tax abatement on a new 9,000-square-foot expansion to its building at 902 Hendricks Dr. by the Lebanon City Council at Monday’s meeting.

    May 18, 2012

  • Zionsville school board votes to pursue full-day kindergarten

    Full-day kindergarten may be coming to Zionsville Community Schools.

    May 18, 2012

  • 05-17-12 crash1.jpg One airlifted after interstate crash

    A New Jersey man was airlifted via Lifeline helicopter to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon, after a crash that closed both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 65 for more than an hour.

    May 17, 2012 1 Photo

  • Lebanon to celebrate Poppy Day on Memorial Day

    Lebanon Mayor Huck Lewis declared this Memorial Day, May 28, to be Poppy Day in Lebanon at Monday’s Lebanon City Council meeting.

    May 17, 2012

  • 05-16-12 rachel becker.jpg LCSC honors its Teacher of the Year

    Rachel Becker knows she was called to be a teacher.

    May 15, 2012 1 Photo

  • State: 84 percent of 3rd-graders pass new reading test

    Sixteen percent of Indiana third graders failed to pass a high-stakes reading proficiency test that could determine whether they can move on to the fourth grade.

    May 15, 2012