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Monday, March 3, 2014

Indianapolis Metro Police say they are looking for two people who ran from the scene of a crash that killed a baby that was in the car.

The crash happened at 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Investigators say two vehicles were eastbound on 38th Street near I-65 when one vehicle struck the other from behind.

Police say the rear vehicle ended up in a ditch and the two occupants took off running from the scene.

Overnight, police dogs and a helicopter were used to try and find the pair, but so far nothing has turned up.

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Police in Indianapolis are trying to figure out how a car got into the Broad Ripple canal early Sunday morning.

The accident happened near College Avenue and Westfield Boulevard shortly before 4am. Officers say a man drove into the water.

They are still trying to figure out how the accident happened. The driver was able to get out of the car on his own and medics took him to Eskenazi Hospital.

He is expected to be ok. It took a couple of hours, but tow trucks got car out of the water by 6:30am.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Some frightening moments after a car crashed through the railing of a bridge on the city west side early Thursday morning.

At 4:48 a.m. police were called to West 16th Street over the White River bridge near Lafayette Road. The eastbound car left the roadway and crashed through a section of bridge railing.

With the car teetering over the edge of the bridge, several IMPD officers sat on the trunk of the car while rescue crews pulled the woman driver from the car.

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Friday, February 21, 2014

A woman was taken to the hospital after flipping her SUV on Interstate 465.

The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday night on the north entrance ramp off 56th Street and Shadeland Avenue.

Police say the woman lost control of her SUV and crashed into a concrete barrier. Her SUV flipped onto its top.

An officer who was the first to arrive at the scene had to cut the woman’s seat belt to get her out.

She was taken to the hospital in fair condition.

Police say they gave her a BAC test. Results were not immediately released.

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Monday, February 17, 2014
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are investigating an apparent hit-and-run accident early Tuesday morning. Police and medics were called to the 5700 block of Massachusetts Avenue at 3:45 a.m. on a report of an injured male lying beside the roadway. No vehicle was at the scene, but investigators say because of the type of injuries the man had, they believe he was the victim of a hit and run. The victim was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Investigators collected evidence at the scene.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
An Indiana State Police trooper was involved in a crash on the city’s northwest side on Tuesday morning. According to police, the trooper was investigating several slide offs in the area of Interstate 865 at the 4 mile marker. A semi approaching the scene lost control, and the trailer swung around, striking the trooper’s car. Dispatchers say the trooper was inside of the car at the time of the crash. Officials say the trooper was alert and conscious at the scene. He was complaining of neck and back pain.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The driver of an SUV died following a crash with a semi early Thursday morning.

The crash happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. on westbound Interstate 70 near Emerson Avenue. Witnesses say the SUV veered from the center lane into the path of the semi.

The semi struck the SUV and both vehicles ended up blocking the high speed lane.

Emergency crews were able to free the SUV driver in 15 minutes. He was taken to Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition, but later died.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Police officials say two people were critically hurt in a crash in downtown Indianapolis Thursday night.

The crash occurred around 7 p.m. at the intersection of Ohio and Capitol.

Emergency crews at the scene say two cars were involved in the crash, a Cadillac and a Kia Sorento. Officials say two people inside of the Cadillac were taken to Eskanazi hospital in critical condition. Their conditions have since been upgraded to stable.

Officials confirm the people inside that vehicle are state representative David Niezgodski of South Bend and his 23-year-old daughter.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Four people were taken to local hospitals early Saturday morning after a vehicle they were in crashed on the city’s west side.

IMPD officials say around 3:30 a.m., the driver of a Ford truck swerved for unknown reasons and hit a tree head-on at 10th Street and Raceway Road, which is near the Marion County/Hendricks County line.

Police say nobody was in critical or serious condition although all four occupants were taken to the hospital. Police were investigating the crash on Saturday

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
An ambulance was called to the scene of an east side crash Thursday morning that involved a vehicle and an IndyGo bus. It happened in the area of 25th Street and East Ralston Avenue. Police say around 7:30 a.m., the bus and a Dodge Charger were both heading westbound on 25th Street. The driver of the Dodge told police he works overnight and was dozing off. Police say the driver hit the back of the bus without braking. The bus was stopped to pick someone up.