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Person runs from fatal crash on Indy's east side

Posted at 6:43 AM, Oct 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-18 14:21:15-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- Police are searching for a person who ran from a fatal crash Thursday morning on Indianapolis' east side. 

The crash happened just after midnight, in the 6500 block of E. 10th Street. 

Responding officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department determined the crash involved a white SUV and a maroon car. The driver of the car suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police believe the SUV was traveling westbound on 10th Street and crashed into the car, which was going southbound on Ridgeview Drive.

After the crash, the driver of the SUV ran away without providing help to the other driver. The driver of the car has not been identified.

There has been no description of the suspect. 

Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the suspect. Anyone with information about this incident should call the Crash Investigations Office at 317-327-6549 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.