YORKTOWN, Ind. — A Hendricks County man faces a felony OWI charge after he allegedly crashed his car into a pole along IN-32 in Yorktown while high on pills, killing a 34-year-old passenger.
Brett M. West, 51, of Brownsburg, was charged this week in Delaware County with one count of causing death when driving with a controlled substance in the blood. The charge is a Level 4 felony that is punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
The charge against West stems from a single-vehicle crash that occurred on April 12, 2025, just off of W. State Road 32. The crash claimed the life of Adam Hamilton Ross, a 34-year-old man from Carlsbad, Texas, who was apparently working in central Indiana…