INDIANAPOLIS — A man driving the wrong way down Keystone Avenue at a high speed killed another driver Friday night.
The crash happened around 9:45 p.m. Friday in the 3200 block of North Keystone Avenue, a few blocks west of Washington Park.
According to IMPD Capt. Don Weilhammer, a witness told police the driver of a southbound pickup truck ran a red light at East 34th Street and North Keystone Avenue, crossing into the northbound lanes.
The driver stayed in the northbound lanes, where two northbound vehicles spotted him and flashed their lights to get his attention. Weilhammer said the driver tried to drive between the cars and struck them both.
The driver of one of the northbound cars was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver was transported to the hospital after complaining of pain.
IMPD officers who spotted the driver were attempting to catch up with the pickup truck when the crash occurred, Weilhammer said.
The driver of the pickup truck ran from the scene and was apprehended by an officer on Brouse Avenue. The driver was not injured but was taken to the hospital for a mandatory blood draw. Police do not yet know if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
Weilhammer said the driver of the pickup truck had a suspended license.
Police asked anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who has video of the wrong-way driver on a home security camera to contact IMPD crash investigators at 317-327-6549. You can also call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana anonymously at 317-262-TIPS (8477).
Weilhammer said Keystone Avenue will be closed in the area of the crash for several hours into early Saturday morning while police investigate the crash.