What happened
A woman was seriously injured when a driver struck her at Southeastern Avenue and South Sherman Drive in Indianapolis and left the scene, according to FOX59[1]. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the intersection at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026, for a crash involving a pedestrian.
FOX59 reported that officers found a woman who had been struck by a vehicle. She was taken to an area hospital in serious condition. After officers received a description of the car, they located the vehicle about a mile down the street. The driver was being treated as a person of interest. No arrest or charge had been reported at the time of publication.
A Citizen collision alert[2] placed an incident at the same intersection. Neither the pedestrian nor the driver had been publicly identified, and the available reporting did not state the pedestrian's age or the type of vehicle involved. The IMPD investigation was ongoing.
What should accident victims do next?
If this happened to you or someone in your family, you do not have to wait for the criminal investigation before reviewing insurance. Depending on the policy, uninsured motorist coverage can apply when the striking driver is unknown or uninsured. It may also cover a pedestrian through the pedestrian's own auto policy or a resident relative's policy. The policy language and notice requirements matter, so an early review can protect your options. Delventhal Law Office's guide to uninsured-driver claims in Indiana explains the coverage issues in plain language.
Ask IMPD for the case number and request the crash report when it is complete. A police report is not a determination of civil liability, but it can help identify the people, vehicles, and evidence involved. You can also review how to obtain an Indiana crash report.
If a vehicle has been recovered, timely preservation requests matter because photographs, vehicle damage, camera footage, and vehicle data can be lost or overwritten. Keep medical records and bills, along with a simple written record of how the injury affects daily activities. The firm's guide to evidence after an Indiana crash provides additional context.
Why location matters in an Indiana injury claim
The crash was reported at Southeastern Avenue and South Sherman Drive in Indianapolis, Marion County, and IMPD is the investigating agency. That identifies where to request the police records. The particular facts and parties would determine where any civil case should be filed.
Indiana uses modified comparative fault. Under Indiana Code 34-51-2-6[3], an injured person whose fault is greater than 50 percent cannot recover; otherwise, compensation is reduced by that person's percentage of fault. Pedestrian cases can become hotly contested over the crossing location, signals, visibility, and other circumstances, even when a driver leaves the scene. Insurance companies may aggressively defend those questions regardless of the police investigation. More detail is available in the firm's explanation of Indiana's comparative-fault rule.
Most Indiana personal injury claims must be filed within two years of the injury under Indiana Code 34-11-2-4[4]. A pending police investigation does not extend that general deadline. If a governmental entity were implicated, different rules could apply: written notice generally must be given within 180 days for a city, county, town, or other political subdivision under Indiana Code 34-13-3-8[5], or within 270 days for the State under Indiana Code 34-13-3-6[6].
Indiana's minimum auto liability insurance is $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury, plus $25,000 for property damage, under Indiana Code 9-25-4-5[7]. Indiana insurers must offer uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage under Indiana Code 27-7-5-2[8], and depending on the policy, that coverage can apply to hit-and-run and unidentified-vehicle crashes.
How Delventhal Law Office can help
Delventhal Law Office, LLC is a Fort Wayne personal injury law firm founded by attorney Chad E. Delventhal in 2009. The firm can review insurance policies, help obtain available reports, identify evidence that should be preserved, and explain which deadlines may apply. If you or someone in your family was injured, you can request a free case evaluation.
This post is based on public reporting, the investigation may be ongoing, and nothing here is legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship.
