The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says one civilian died and two law enforcement officers were injured after two crashes within hours of each other.
Around 10 p.m. Friday, a Johnson County deputy was traveling to serve a civil order when another vehicle failed to yield to the right of way for the deputy's car. Both vehicles collided at the intersection of Worthsville Road and Collins Road.Around 3:30 a.m., a Trafalgar police officer saw a truck disregard a stop and began following the truck in the area of State Road 135 and County Road 300S.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says both the officer and the other driver had to be extricated from their vehicles. The truck driver died at the scene and the deputy was taken to an Indianapolis hospital by helicopter and is serious but stable condition, according to Sheriff Duane Burgess.Burgess said in an email that the Johnson County Prosecutor was at the scene of the fatal crash in Trafalgar and that the case is under investigation.
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