August 20, 2009

Dog distracts motorist before crash

       A four-legged distraction is being blamed for a four-vehicle crash in the Center Grove area Thursday afternoon.  Timothy P. Healy, 29, Indianapolis, told police he was driving on Morgantown Road near Bancroft Lane when a dog inside the cab of his truck jumped in front of him and he could not see the road.  He struck a car driven by Stacy A. Cummings, 17, Greenwood, who was slowing to make a left turn at the intersection, according to a police report.  The impact pushed Cummings' car into a sport utility vehicle driven by Tracie L. McClarney, 44, Greenwood, which was traveling the opposite direction through the intersection.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal.  Photos courtesy of White River Township Fire Department.)
 

           
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