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 […]

On Wednesday 2, 2020, two teens were killed after being struck by a driver fleeing the police in Mishawaka, Indiana.  The two teens were driving in a Chevrolet Cavalier on South Spring Street at the intersection with West 13th Street in Mishawaka.  The Mishawaka police were dispatched to a home in the 500 block of […]

The winter season has begun in Indiana, and the Indiana State Police are urging all Hoosiers to prepare for winter road conditions and to drive safely.  The ISP are worried that many drivers in the state of Indiana have become too used to dry roads and will not be prepared for sudden changes in the […]

The Indiana State Police are going to be enforcing seat belt use with increased patrols throughout November as part of their Click It or Ticket campaign.  The Indiana State Police will be working with over 250 law enforcement agencies from around the state of Indiana to reduce motor vehicle deaths and injuries in Indiana.  These […]

The Indiana Department of Transportation is preparing for the winter season with classes for training their snowplow drivers.  These classes will be hosted across the districts to prepare snowplow drivers for conditions that they might have to face this winter.  The training at these schools will include three days of practice with the snowplows, best […]

A collision that occurred on Interstate 74 east of Danville on the night of October 7, 2020, resulted in the death of a pedestrian.  Dispatchers received a call on the morning of October 8, 2020, from a driver stating that he hit something in the road and sustained damage to his vehicle.  When authorities arrived […]

On Thursday, October 15, 2020, a collision occurred at the intersection of State Road 56 and Slab Road in Scottsburg, Indiana.  Scott County Sherriff’s Department and the Scottsburg Police Department responded and requested a reconstruction team to the collision scene.  According to the investigators, a Chevrolet Equinox was traveling eastbound on State Road 56 at […]

During Distracted Driving Awareness Month, an outreach campaign that was moved to October due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb is encouraging Hoosiers to put their phones down to avoid distractions while driving.  Gov. Holcomb has been working to make Indiana roads safer with the passing of a hands-free driving law, which […]