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Driver dies after SUV hits tree on Indy’s east side

Last Updated 7 months by Amnon J. Jobi | Amnon Front Page

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — At least one person died Friday morning in a crash on the city ‘s east side, Indianapolis police said.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called just after 10:15 a.m. to an accident in the 4200 block of East Washington Street near Sherman Drive.

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Officers at the scene told News 8 a black SUV was headed east on Washington Street when, for some reason, it crossed a sidewalk and struck a tree.

Only one person, identified by police as a male, was in the vehicle at the time of the crash. He did not survive.

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East Washington Street is closed in all direction for crash investigation and cleanup.

No other information was immediately available.