Woman dies after tire flies over I-465 median, strikes SUV windshield
UPDATE: Indiana State Police identified the woman as 43-year-old Crystal Emerick of Angola.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman died Monday after a tire flew off a pickup, over an Interstate 465 median and hit her sport utility vehicle’s windshield, Indiana State Police report.
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Sgt. John Perrine said the woman, who he could not immediately identify, was from northern Indiana. Additional information will be available on Tuesday morning, he said.
The SUV was southbound on I-465 and the tire came off a pickup in the northbound lanes, Indianapolis Fire Department tweeted early Monday afternoon. The woman was taken to Eskenazi Hospital after the crash, the tweet said.
A passenger in the SUV suffered minor injuries, Perrine said.
The accident happened on the southeast side about 10:15 a.m.