INDIANAPOLIS -- Two Indiana State Police vehicles were hit in separate incidents along the interstate while investigating crashes Sunday.
The first happened on I-465 near the 10.5 mile marker on the city's west side at 7:29 a.m. Trooper Jacob Wildauer was blocking the far left lane with his patrol car while investigating a single car crash. While he and the driver involved in the crash were sitting in his squad car waiting for a tow truck, a person driving southbound on I-465 hit the car. The trooper had all of his emergency lights on.
According to a press release from Indiana State Police, Jasmine Johnson, 22, of Indianapolis told investigators she was driving approximately 50 miles per hour when the car in front of her started to slow down. She said she hit her brakes and lost control, which caused her to hit the police vehicle.
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Johnson received a ticket for driving while suspended with a previous conviction, learners permit violations, failure to provide proof of insurance and speed too fast for weather conditions.
Nobody was injured in the crash.
The second Indiana State Police vehicle was hit on I-69 northbound near 96th Street around 8:00 a.m. Capitol Police Sergeant Kellen Murphy was off-duty and on his way home from work when he stopped to check on two cars that had slid off the interstate into a ditch. While helping those vehicles, with his emergency lights on, a person driving northbound spun out of control and hit the driver's side mirror of Murphy's patrol car.
Lance Hart, 25, received a ticket for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
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