Bouncing tire kills driver on I-465

Vic Ryckaert | IndyStar

A wheel that fell off a pickup truck Monday bounced across a median and killed a 43-year-old driver on I-465 on the southeast side.

The pickup was traveling north on I-465 near I-74 and Southeastern Avenue when it lost a tire about 10:15 a.m., Indiana State Police Sgt. John Perrine said.

"That wheel bounced over the median wall and struck a southbound SUV directly at the roofline," Perrine said in an email.

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Crystal Emerick of Angola died at Eskenazi Hospital.

A passenger in the SUV suffered minor injuries. The pickup truck driver was not ticketed. State police are trying to learn how the wheel came off the truck.

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