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Police identify person killed in weekend vehicle accident

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Police have identified the individual killed in a single-vehicle accident over the weekend.

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, 27-year-old Jose Irigoyen Romero was thrown from his vehicle during the accident.

Police said the accident occurred just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning in the 6600 block of Brookville Road.

Romero was headed east on Brookville Road when he struck a curb, over corrected and then struck a guardrail which caused the vehicle to flip.  IMPD said Romero was thrown from the vehicle in the process.

He was pronounced dead on scene by emergency crews.