Man killed in south side crash
Illuminated blue police lights atop a police cruiser. A 12-year-old boy was killed on April 26, 2024, in a hit-and-run on Indianapolis' west side, online police reports confirm. (Provided Photo/Ten Rehder/picture alliance via Getty Images)
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 69-year-old John Willoughby.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 69-year-old man is dead after a crash on the city’s south side Friday evening, police said.
Around 6 p.m., officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the intersection of South Meridian Street and East Thompson Road on reports of a crash with injury.
According to police, a man was driving a moped when he struck the side of a passenger car.
The man was pronounced dead at Eskenazi Hospital.