KOKOMO, Ind. — Two people were injured, one seriously, when a driver crashed into a building in Kokomo on Saturday.
The crash happened around noon March 2 just north of the intersection of Elm and Ohio streets, near Kokomo Memorial Park.
The Kokomo Police Department said a preliminary investigation indicated a 49-year-old Kokomo woman was driving a Honda sedan south on Ohio Street when she sideswiped a parked car and lost control of her car, leaving the road and striking a building.
The woman was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The passenger, a 62-year-old Kokomo woman, was flown to an Indianapolis hospital for "potential life-threatening injuries," KPD said.
"At this time, suspicion of operating while intoxicated is being investigated," the department said in a statement.
The crash remains under investigation, and anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Kokomo Police Department Officer Logan McCauley at 765-456-7600 extension 8441.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 1-800-262-8477.
