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GOOD EVENING, I'M
JOHN STEHR
AND I'M ANNE-MARIE
TIERNON, ANDREA
MOREHEAD IS OFF
TONIGHT.
IT HAPPENED ON
INTERSTATE 65 NEAR
SOUTH KEYSTONE
AVENUE EARLY THIS
MORNING AS THE
OFFICER WAS
FINISHING HIS SHIFT.
THE CRASH TRAPPED
THE OFFICER IN THE
POLICE CAR.
SERGEANT ANTHONY
MCLEMORE REMAINS AT
METHODIST HOSPITAL
RECOVERING FROM THE
INJURIES.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER SANDRA
CHAPMAN HAS MORE
ON WHAT THE OFFICER
SAYS WENT WRONG.
SGT. ANTHONY
MCLEMORE..ALL SMILES
IN THESE RECENT
PHOTOS...NOW
NURSING SERIOUS
INJURIES AFTER
CRASHING INTO A
CONCRETE BARRIER ON
I-65 JUST BEFORE 3
FRIDAY MORNING...
IT WAS THE END OF HIS
SHIFT.
INVESTIGATORS ARE
TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHY THE 14-YEAR
VETERAN LOST
CONTROL OF HIS
CRUISER IN THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES
NEAR THE KEYSTONE
AVENUE EXIT.
WITNESSES SAY HE HIT
THE CONCRETE
BARRIER ON THE
DRIVERS SIDE.. THE
DAMAGE SO
SEVERE..FIREFIGHTERS
HAD TO CUT OFF THE
PASSENGER DOORS TO
GET HIM OUT.
UNDER NEW IMPD
POLICY..ALL OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN CRASHES
WILL BE REQUIRED TO
UNDERGO CHEMICAL
TESTING.
AND AS PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION..HIS
POLICE CRUISER WILL
BE TESTED TO SEE IF
THERE WERE ANY
MALFUNCTIONS
RELATED TO THE
VEHICLE.
SGT. MCLEMORE'S
VEHICLE WAS NOT
EQUIPPED WITH DASH
CAM.
RIGHT
NOW..INVESTIGATORS
WILL HAVE TO USE
INVESTIGATIVE
TECHNIQUES AND
STATEMENTS FROM
WITNESSES TO HELP
FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
REPORTING LIVE FROM
METHODIST HOSPITAL,
SANDRA CHAPMAN
CHANNEL 13 EWN.
CRASHES ARE ALSO
PUTTING A STRAIN ON
IMPD'S FLEET.