INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A state trooper was taken to an Indianapolis hospital Thursday after an unlicensed driver rear-ended his patrol car.
Shortly before 6:30 a.m., Trooper Antwaun Johnson stopped in a construction zone on westbound I-465 near Allisonville Road to help a driver whose vehicle had a flat tire, Indiana State Police said in a news release.
Johnson was parked on the side of the road behind the disabled vehicle when a Chevrolet sedan driven by a 21-year-old man rear-ended it, causing the squad car to collide with the disabled vehicle, according to state police.
Both Johnson and the driver of the disabled vehicle were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet was not injured in the crash.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but state police do not believe alcohol was a factor.
The left lane of westbound I-465 was closed for two hours for the investigation and cleanup.
