INDIANAPOLIS — A person has died after their car was hit by a wheel from a car traveling in the opposite direction on I-70 on the west side.
According to Indiana State Police, a person traveling on I-70 eastbound near Holt Road died after their car struck a tire that flew over the median after coming off a car traveling on westbound I-70.
The driver of the eastbound vehicle, 68-year-old Diana Lynn Phelps, died at the scene.
ISP says Phelps' vehicle left the roadway after the wheel struck the car and landed on its side near a house.
ISP crash reconstruction investigators are at the scene to determine what caused the incident.
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