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Officer leading funeral procession involved in front-end crash with vehicle not in procession

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INDIANAPOLIS -- An officer with the Daleville Police Department (Delaware County) was involved in a front-end crash with a vehicle not traveling with the procession.

The crash happened around 1 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of East 36th Street and North Emerson Avenue. 

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the officer was leading the procession when the crash happened.

Both drivers were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

Both vehicles sustained significant damage. 

IMPD did not provide whether the Daleville officer was in the SUV or the car involved in the crash.