IMPD investigating serious crash on near northwest side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police are investigating a serious crash on Indy’s near northwest side that sent at least four people to the hospital.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 1800 block of North Harding Street. That’s a residential area about three-tenths of a mile east of Riverside Park.

Police arrived at the intersection of 18th and Harding Streets and found a crash involving two cars and an IndyGo bus. The windshield of the IndyGo bus was ejected in the crash and was found, intact, several feet away.

IMPD says four people from one car were taken to the hospital with injuries.

“Upon further investigation, it was learned that the victim sustained injuries consistent with a gunshot wound, as well,” IMPD Public Information Officer Tommy Thompson said in a statement.

An IMPD crash investigator told News 8 that the only passenger on the IndyGo bus left the scene before emergency workers arrived. The bus driver was not hurt.

The people in the other car ran away, but it’s unclear why, the crash investigator told News 8’s Hernan Gutierrez.

Harding Street is closed in both directions between 16th Street/16Tech and 19th Street for investigation and cleanup.

This story is still developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.