Winamac Police Chief Mike Buchanan said Jamie Sheets, 39, was traveling eastbound on Pearl Street on Monday, Feb. 25, at an excessive speed and hit a parked car. She continued eastbound where she struck a tree at a home at 202 N. Riverside Drive and then stopped after the vehicle hit a garage on that property.
Buchanan noted emergency personnel could not get a pulse at the scene and she was taken to Pulaski Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Buchanan spoke to Coroner Steve VanDerAa who reported the autopsy revealed that she suffered a heart attack prior to the accident. She had no visible injuries.
