SHOALS — Authorities have recovered the body of a missing 82-year-old man whose vehicle was swept into the East Fork White River during a week of historic and deadly flooding in southern Indiana.
James Petty, of Fortville, was found Monday afternoon around 1:45 p.m. inside his truck, which was resting on the river bottom in approximately 30 feet of water.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation officers utilized advanced sonar technology to pinpoint the vehicle’s location near Spout Springs Road, just south of Shoals…