(5-20-26) The Adams County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of a single-vehicle crash after a passerby reported the incident by a 23-year-old Geneva resident, who said that he did not witness the crash, but noticed a car in a field with an unresponsive man in the passenger seat.

At a round 4:07 a.m. on Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash involving one car near the intersection of S 000 Road and Covered Bridge Road in Geneva, Indiana.

The man was identified Nathan Clayman (61) of Geneva, Indiana…he was pronounced dead by the Adams County Coroner at the scene. 

Clayman was driving south on S 000 Road when he lost control of the car near the intersection of Covered Bridge Road and struck a guard rail, coming to a stop in a nearby field just east of the intersection.

The impact of the crash caused Clayman to be ejected through the car’s passenger-side window. The car’s airbags had not deployed on impact and seat belts were not secured at the time of the crash. Alcohol or drugs were determined not to be a factor in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation, and police are working to determine why the driver lost control.