Updated: Deputies investigating crash that killed Jasper resident

Update: The driver has been identified as April Thacker, 45, of Jasper. She is a single mother of three children.

A crash that took the life of a Jasper resident and sent another to the hospital is still under investigation by the Dubois County Sheriff’s Office.

According to police, Ms. Thacker was northbound on U.S. 231 at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday when she crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle.

She was pronounced deceased at the scene, and the driver of the oncoming vehicle was taken to Memorial Hospital before being transferred by helicopter to an Evansville hospital due to the extent of their injuries.

Police stated the crash is still under investigation.

U.S. 231 was closed between County Roads 1000 South and 1100 South for about three hours as the incident was investigated and the scene cleared.