Overview
- Indiana State Police say the pursuit began after a traffic stop on I-65 in Clarksville and lasted about a quarter mile near Veterans Parkway.
- The fleeing driver struck another vehicle, which then hit a trooper’s car and caused it to overturn onto its side.
- Police report the driver ran from the scene, while a passenger from the suspect’s vehicle was taken into custody and hospitalized for injuries.
- Two children in the vehicle hit by the suspect were taken to a hospital for evaluation, and the trooper was transported as a precaution, with no major injuries reported.
- INDOT said the two left northbound lanes between Veterans Parkway and Progress Way were blocked and southbound traffic slowed, and ISP has opened an investigation.