Indiana State Police

An adult and two children were hurt in a crash on I-80/94 early Monday morning. Indiana State Police believe an eastbound Chrysler van hit the right barrier wall, crossed the lanes and then struck the median wall head-on.

Indiana State Police say the motorcyclist who died in a crash on I-80/94 Tuesday was trying to pass traffic by riding between the lanes. Troopers say it happened just after 7:00 p.m. in the eastbound lanes between Burr and Grant.

Four people were hurt in a chain reaction crash on I-65 in Jasper County Monday morning.

A six-year-old girl is dead and four other people were hurt in a crash on I-80/94 Wednesday. Indiana State Police say it happened around 1:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes, east of Burr.

After a months-long, nationwide search, the Gary Police Department still doesn't have a permanent police chief. Mayor Jerome Prince says he's opted not to hire any of the three recommended finalists and instead appoint one of the leaders of the police department's restructuring process as interim chief.

Last week's winter storm kept Indiana State Police busy. Troopers from the Lowell Post say they responded to 153 property damage crashes, 28 injury crashes, 83 slide-offs and 157 calls to assist motorists from Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning.

Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Westville Correctional Facility. On Thursday, investigators were asked to look into the death of Matthew Chester, 53.

The Indiana Toll Road was closed for several hours Friday, after a semi truck apparently drove off the bridge over the Calumet River near Hammond.

A four-vehicle crash on I-94 ended with a jackknifed semi and sent a state trooper to the hospital Monday. Indiana State Police say Master Trooper Jeff Council was called to eastbound I-94 in Portage around 1:30 p.m., after a vehicle crashed after driving through high water.

A state trooper was taken to the hospital after her police car was hit by a tanker truck on I-65 Monday morning. Indiana State Police say troopers were investigating an earlier crash in the northbound lanes between state roads 14 and 10, when Trooper Jordin Bilthuis’ police car was side-swiped. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.