On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, around 2:00 p.m., a South Bend firefighter was killed in a motorcycle-vehicle collision in Mishawaka, Indiana.  The collision occurred at 10th and Union Street, where the firefighter driving a Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling southbound in the right lane on Union Street near the aforementioned intersection.  A Dodge Charger was driving […]

A new bill that will help suspended drivers legally get their licenses back is advancing through the Indiana legislature.  In Indiana, about 330,000 individuals actively had a driver’s license suspension in 2019; many of the suspensions resulting from not having car insurance, failing to pay fines, and failing to appear in court.  For some individuals, […]

A collision involving a vehicle going the wrong way on I-70 on the morning of Saturday, February 13, resulted in a fatal collision. According to the police, a state trooper had stopped to investigate a Hyundai SUV that had pulled off the road’s shoulder and was facing the wrong way on I-70.  When the trooper […]

Crawfordsville Police will be cracking down on dangerous and impaired driving through the month of March as part of a statewide campaign.  It will begin on February 26 and last through March 21. Officers will be conducting high-visibility patrols and will show zero tolerance for those driving aggressively, over the speed limit, or under the […]

Northwest Indiana lawmakers want to place cameras at highway work zones that will generate $75.00 tickets for the owner of any vehicle that is photographed while exceeding a current work zone’s speed limit.  Under the current plan, the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Indiana State Police could establish a “pilot program” with four work […]

On January 28, 2021, two people were injured in a traffic collision on State Road 58 near Bellback Road in Bedford.  According to the Bedford Police Department, a 2011 Kia Soul was heading eastbound on State Road 58 when they crossed over the center line into the path of a 2014 Lincoln.  Due to the […]

For the latter part of 2020, traffic fatalities have increased in Vanderburgh County, which has the local Sheriff’s Department worried as traffic increases during the holiday season.  In 2020, 10 collisions have resulted in 13 deaths, 9 and 13 of which have occurred in the last five months, including three double fatality collision and one […]

A man from Pendleton was arrested on January 15, 2021, after fleeing police with his 3-month-old son in the vehicle and causing a four-vehicle collision on the south side of Muncie.  The man was charged with neglect of a dependent, strangulation, domestic battery, resisting law enforcement in a vehicle and theft.  On January 15, 2021, […]

In the State of Indiana during 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic did not keep all of the drivers off of the road, consequently causing an increase in traffic fatalities.  Recently, the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety held a virtual conference where they outlined the steps that need to be taken to make the roads in […]

In the month of December, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute provided 52 Indiana law enforcement agencies with a new roadside tool to identify drug-impaired drivers off the road.  The SoToxa Mobile Testing System detects the presence of six kinds of drugs: cocaine, methamphetamine, opiates, cannabis (THC), amphetamine and benzodiazepines., The Avon Police Department will begin […]