East New York Street east of downtown closed after fatal crash

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — At least one person died and two others were in critical condition after a multiple-vehicle crash at a street intersection east of downtown Indianapolis, police and rescue personnel say.

Police say the area “will be completely shut down for some time.”

Medics and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were sent shortly before 3:35 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of East New York Street and North State Avenue. That’s in an area with businesses and homes about three-quarters of a mile east of I-70/I-65.

A photo of the crash scene from News 8’s Adam Pinkser showed one vehicle had hit and damaged a stoplight pole.

The computer-aided dispatch system listed the crash as involving serious bodily injury, and possibly a fatality.

A spokeswoman for Indianapolis Fire Department said she will send a news release later on the crash. No other details were immediately available from police.

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