LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Tippecanoe County coroner said fingerprint identification identified Hannah Dowell as the driver killed in a fire Monday morning in a ravine north of Courtland Avenue on the city’s east side.
Dowell, 29, of Lafayette, was driving north on Courtland Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Monday when her SUV drove through Filippo Cacucciolo’s yard on the north end of the street. Her SUV crashed into Caccucciolo’s house, hitting two of Caccucciolo’s garbage trucks and his basketball goal. Her SUV continued north in the shared driveway before exiting the end of the driveway, entering a ravine and crashing into a tree.
Witnesses said the SUV caught fire and Lafayette firefighters put it out.
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Lafayette police said Monday that Dowell was ejected from the SUV. They have not released any other details about the crash.
Coroner Kelly Costello said Dowell’s autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.
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This article originally appeared in the Lafayette Journal & Courier: Fingerprints used to identify Lafayette driver in Monday’s fatal crash