Girl, boy hurt in crash sending car into porch of Indianapolis house
A teen driver ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle, launching his car into a home's porch and destroying a brick support column, police said.
A 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were injured Wednesday afternoon, May 12, 2021, after a two-vehicle collision sent their car airborne into the porch of a house on Indianapolis's near-northwest side, according to WISH-TV. Indianapolis Fire Department crews were dispatched at 4:45 p.m. to a personal-injury accident with possible entrapment in the 500 block of West 29th Street, a few blocks west of the I-65 interchange.
The girl was reported in critical condition and the boy in serious condition, per WISH-TV. An 82-year-old driver of the second vehicle involved was not injured.
It is not confirmed from available reporting whether anyone was inside the house at the time of impact, or the current condition of either injured teen beyond the initial hospital report.
How the crash happened
Witnesses said a gray Pontiac G6, driven by the 16-year-old boy, was traveling south on Ethel Avenue and ran through a stop sign, crossing into the path of a red GMC Terrain traveling east on 29th Street, according to WISH-TV. The two vehicles collided in what witnesses described as a T-bone impact, sending the Pontiac airborne into the porch of a nearby house and destroying a brick support column.
The response
Emergency crews had to shore up the home's roof structure before removing the vehicle from the porch, WISH-TV reported. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was investigating the crash.
US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by WISH-TV. It restores a story originally published on this site in May 2021; figures are as reported at the time.