INDIANAPOLIS -- A man was killed after his car crashed into a fire hydrant Wednesday afternoon in Wayne Township.
It happened around 1:30 p.m. near the 200 block of Country Club Road.
According to the Wayne Township Fire Department, the car clipped a fire hydrant and struck a tree head on.
Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department say the 53-year-old driver was taken to Eskenazi hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The man's name has not been released.
Firefighters say they don't know whether the driver had a medical emergency or died from trauma suffered in the accident.
MORE TOP STORIES | Fishers police say call 911 if someone pulls up, says you've lost your license plate | Indiana high school student accused of molesting 17 little girls between 3 and 7 years old | 25 overdoses in 24 hours: One block of downtown Indianapolis rocked with drug issues |Man dead after police-involved shooting in Cass County | Mark Leonard, sentenced to life for the Richmond Hill explosion, dies at Indianapolis hospital
