INDIANAPOLIS — A 3-year-old died after a weekend crash on Indianapolis' east side, the Marion County Coroner's Office said Thursday.
Around 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 29, IMPD officers responded to the intersection of East 38th Street and North Layman Avenue, east of Emerson Avenue, for a crash with injuries.
Two adult drivers and six kids were taken to local hospitals with injuries. At the time, IMPD said one of the drivers was in critical condition and the other was in serious but stable condition.
One of the kids was listed in critical condition and five were in serious but stable condition, IMPD said Sunday.
On Thursday, June 2, the Marion County Coroner's Office said that 3-year-old Aniyah Cheshier died as result of the crash.
LaWanda Morris said crashes are happening too often in the area.
"I was in the back, and you heard a errrrrrr bam!" Morris said.
Morris said she ran from the back of her business, Wanda's 5, to see what happened.
"You could see right there in the intersection. It was a truck and a car, and the car was pretty banged up. It was pretty bad. You could tell that whoever was in the back of that car they were going to be hurt," Morris said.
Morris says since her family opened their business, Wanda's 5, two years ago, she's seen dozens of crashes.
"There's a lot of wrecks along this stretch from here from this intersection to that intersection and I don't know why," Morris said.
Morris said that stretch sits between Whittier Place and Lesley Avenue.
"People need to slow down. It's no reason to be speeding. People are getting hurt and now we lost a child," said Wanda Mack.
Neighbors said they wish they had a solution to prevent another crash from happening.
"Slow down. You're hurting innocent people. It's making me mad," Mack said.
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