INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating a deadly crash after a garbage truck fell on top of a car Wednesday afternoon on the city's northwest side.
Police responded to a report of a crash at West 71st Street and Georgetown Road just after noon ET on Sept. 6.
An IMPD spokesperson confirmed one person died in the crash.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 24-year-old Jacob Lloyd O'Neil Baugh.
Mark Smoot, a witness to the crash, told 13News that there is a problem with garbage trucks speeding in the plaza.
"I guess 100 different businesses with big trucks and these drivers are in hurry," Smoot said. "They're rushing through these parking lots, sometimes at 30-40 miles an hour when there's children that cross back and forth. I mean, if you leave 10 minutes earlier and just do your job at the right pace, you're fine."
"This all could have been prevented," Smoot said.
People were asked to seek an alternative route and avoid the area for several hours.