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25-year-old man arrested after car crashes into Speedway building, injuring children

The crash happened Thursday shortly after 6:30 p.m. at the leasing office of the Stanford Court Apartments, near West 21st Street and North High School Road.

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Speedway police arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly crashed a car into a building at a Speedway apartment complex Thursday evening, injuring several children.

Jacob Elijah Jones faces preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, aggravated domestic assault and criminal recklessness.

The Marion County Prosecutor's Office will make the final charging decisions.

The crash happened shortly after 6:30 p.m. at the leasing office of the Stanford Court Apartments, near West 21st Street and North High School Road on the far west side of Speedway.

According to police, six people were injured, including several children. All of the victims were taken to Indianapolis hospitals for treatment. Their conditions were stable when they left the scene, police said.

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Several children were injured when a van crashed into the leasing office of a Speedway apartment complex on Thursday, July 6, 2023.

The building suffered minimal damage, and investigators are still trying to determine what happened.

Anyone with additional information on the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

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