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Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Indianapolis

Posted by Chrissie Cole
September 19, 2007 2:35 PM

A car accident, Tuesday, on Indiana 32, left a Noblesville man in critical condition. He was transported by air ambulance to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis with broken ribs, a torn liver and punctured lung.Investigators believe a mechanical defect may be the cause of the accident. Police say the man, 20, lost control of the vehicle and flipped several times.The passenger, 19, of the vehicle...

Posted by Jenny Albano
September 06, 2007 4:44 PM

A women in Indiana tried to outrun a freight train by cutting through a parking lot and making a quick turn, but failed to notice another train coming from the other direction. The westbound train hit the car and ran it into the eastbound train. Two of her children were pronounced dead on the scene, and the women, Edie Bolanos, is in critical condition.Authorities released a surveillance video...

Posted by Chrissie Cole
August 27, 2007 1:03 AM

A driver lost his life and his two passengers were injured in an early morning car accident, in Fishers, that is believed to have involved alcohol, according to police.The driver, 25, was killed when he was ejected from the vehicle. The backseat passenger, 30, of Indianapolis, was also ejected and transported to the hospital for internal injuries sustained in the accident.The front passenger...

Posted by Chrissie Cole
August 05, 2007 1:37 AM

A car accident on Saturday night claimed the life of a Daviess County man, according to the Greene county Sheriff's Department.The man, 52, of Elnora, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by the Greene County Coroner's office, according to a media statement released by Greene County Sherriff's Department.Witnesses told police that his 1989 White Buick Lasabre was traveling southbound...

Posted by Chrissie Cole
July 14, 2007 12:42 AM

One man is dead and a woman is in the hospital following a single vehicle car accident, Saturday.The man, 66, of Bloomfield was traveling east in his 1996 Pontiac Firebird on Indiana 54 when he left the south side of the road, according to Greene County Sheriff's Department.The vehicle struck two utility poles prior to hitting a tree on the drivers side door, leaving him trapped in the car. The...

Posted by Chrissie Cole
June 29, 2007 2:32 AM

Several new laws will go into effect, Sunday, in Indiana. One of the laws will impact everyone in the state. It is the new and improved seat belt law."In the 23 years I've been on the state police, not one time have I unbuckled anyone that has ever been killed. All the people that have died in car crashes or seriously hurt was because they weren't wearing their seatbelts," said Sgt. Ray...

Posted by Christina Cole
June 09, 2007 2:09 AM

One person is dead following a single vehicle car accident, Monday, near the Vigo-Sullivan County line, authorities said.The crash happened on Indiana 63 in Sullivan County, only a mile from the Vigo County Line, said communications supervisor for the Sullivan County Sheriff Department. The driver was dead at the scene. The vehicle veered off the left side of the road and rolled over, ejecting...

Posted by Christina Cole
June 08, 2007 2:19 AM

A 32-year-old South Bend woman was trapped inside her vehicle after a car accident early this morning, as she was traveling south on Indiana 19.Witnesses told authorities that the woman's car somehow veered off the left side of the roadway at approximately 5 a.m., as she traveled along Indiana 19. The car reportedly rolled over several times before it came to rest on its roof according to a...

Posted by Christina Cole
May 17, 2007 6:41 PM

A Wayne County woman involved in a two car accident, at 7:20 pm, on Tuesday, is doing well at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.The woman, 45, was transported to Reid Hospital following the accident and later taken to Methodist Hospital where she remains.She was traveling north on the highway in her 1989 Dodge van when she failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a 1992 Ford Explorer...

Posted by Christina Cole
April 11, 2007 5:51 PM

A driver reported by 50, 911 calls, for traveling the wrong way on I-465 was killed after crashing head-on in a car crash with another vehicle, also killing that driver.An Indiana State Police Sergeant said officers believe the driver, 26, got onto I-465 at Allisonville Road, shortly before 3am, traveling south in the northbound lanes.Driving a red Honda, she crashed with the driver of a blue...

Posted by Christina Cole
March 24, 2007 1:02 AM

A man was cited Tuesday for leaving the scene of a car accident where two people were injured.The 82-year-old man told police he was crossing Indiana 46 westbound at about 7:25am after he stopped at the intersection. His car hit a car driven by a 23-year-old Terre Haute man who was traveling northbound. After the crash, he lost control of his vehicle, spinning before hitting another car driven...

Posted by Christina Cole
March 02, 2007 11:50 PM

An Indianapolis woman that was involved in a three-car crash on Tuesday, has died as a result of her extensive injuries.A 2002 BMW was traveling south on Westfield Blvd, when it rear-ended a 1987 Chrysler New Yorker, said Carmel Police.The impact of the crash pushed the Chrysler into the northbound lane, where the car hit a 2002 Ford Explorer head on. The name of the seventeen year old, driving...

Posted by Christina Cole
February 17, 2007 10:53 PM

A woman escaped a potentially fatal crash in a car accident with a moving train.The woman was traveling south on County Road 300E, when her 2000 Chevy Blazer collided with a train for reasons still unknown."She was traveling southbound on 300E when for an undetermined reason she struck the train," said Helms.The train, owned by Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railway, was traveling westbound at the...

Posted by Christina Cole
February 06, 2007 10:59 PM

Charles "Chuck" Rickey was last seen at the Moon Dog Tavern at 96th Street and Gray Road watching the Super Bowl game and has since been missing.He had called friends and family on his cell phone while there. At 8:40pm Sunday, he was on his way over to a friend's house when he was involved in a one-car accident. Rickey's vehicle was left abandoned at the scene; however, he was not at the scene....

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