86-year-old killed in crash with semi

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - An elderly woman was killed in a crash on U.S. 24 Saturday afternoon at 1:15 p.m.

According to the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, 86-year-old Margie Ellen Dennie, of Fort Wayne, was traveling west on the highway east of Doyle Road when she crossed into east bound traffic in front of a semi.

The car hit the truck and spun off into a nearby yard.

Medics pronounced Dennie dead at the scene. She was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags in her car did deploy.

The driver of the semi was not hurt.

Dennie was traffic fatality 28 for Fort Wayne and Allen County in 2012. The incident remains under investigation by the Allen County Police Department and the Allen County Coroner's Office.