INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD arrested two men for racing on Kessler Boulevard near Interstate 65 Sunday night. One of those cars allegedly rear-ended another car driving on Kessler Boulevard with a pregnant woman inside.
The probable cause affidavit shows the third car involved crashed into the other car that was speeding and crashed into the pregnant woman's car. Police said one of the drivers, allegedly racing, told officers they were traveling 60 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone.
Court records show the pregnant woman complained of pain to her stomach, neck and back, but it did not show if she was taken to the hospital.
Police said when they responded to the crash, they recognized several persons of interest from a street takeover on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street earlier that night.
"Groups gather at Riverside Park and have a gathering. When the park closes, a lot of those individuals and others who aren’t even from the area, go over to MLK, drive around," IMPD Lt. Shane Foley said. "Oftentimes, we see people on the roofs or hoods of cars, driving around. Sometimes spinning activities, reckless driving and at times, we’ve seen fights and even shots fired in that area."
"I hear this is the second week in a row that they've had problems on Sundays with the cruising and the lawlessness, and it is lawlessness," said Reverend Charles Harrison, president of Ten Point Coalition. "You can't just decide to park your car in the middle of the street. Four or five cars, you're parking your car in the middle of the street so no other traffic can get through."
13News spoke to a woman that lives near where the street takeover happened. She said that group gathers every week and blocks her street.
"We're hearing from the community that this is just too much," Foley said. "This has been going on for a long time at various levels. In the past, people have said, 'Let us drive, leave us alone,' but what we're hearing now is that people expect more. IMPD is going to have an increased presence, there are going to be steps that are taken. We’re in the works of developing a plan."