2 killed after car strikes buggy
The buggy was hit from behind Saturday in the LaGrange County community of Topeka.
Authorities said Velda C. Miller, 44, of Ligonier, and Melissa Jo Miller died in the crash. Velda Miller’s husband, 46, was driving the buggy and was taken to a hospital with neck pain.
The sheriff’s office said the 21-year-old driver of the car told them he had just passed another vehicle and hit the buggy while coming back into his lane. He was taken to a hospital with abdominal pain.
No charges have been filed and the crash is under investigation.
Federal judge blocks Ind. voter registration law
The left-leaning group Common Cause argues Indiana’s use of the interstate “crosscheck” system is “discriminatory.”
The system finds a match based on first name, last name and date of birth. Starting in July, elections officials would be allowed to automatically eliminate voters who show up as registered in another state.
Critics argue voters can only be removed if they confirm a change of address in writing or fail to respond to mailed notices.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on Friday blocked the law while it is being challenged in court.
Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s said she disagrees with the ruling.
2 weak tornadoes hit northeast Ind.
The National Weather Service said the thunderstorms moved Saturday over northern Indiana and Michigan’s southern Lower Peninsula, producing flooding. The weather service said two weak tornadoes were confirmed, knocking down trees and damaging some roofs. No injuries were reported.
The weather service said an EF-1 tornado with winds estimated at up to 105 mph was reported Saturday evening in the Angola area, knocking down trees along a stretch of railroad tracks.
Around the same time, an EF-0 tornado with winds estimated at up to 80 mph was reported in the Angola area in a field. The multi-funnel tornado tore off the roof of a building and damaged some barn structures.
14-year-old held after 5 hurt in party shooting
The shooting happened Saturday night at the clubhouse of the Lawrence Lions Club. Police in Lawrence responded after a fight between two people at the party escalated into a fight between two groups in which several shots were fired. Police arrested a 14-year-old boy and are trying to determine whether anyone else fired shots.
Police initially reported four young people ages 13 and 14 were hurt, but later determined a fifth was taken to a hospital by family members. Police said one is in critical condition after being shot in the head. The other four had injuries to the hands, legs or body that weren’t life-threatening.
Dozens arrested outside home of HHS chief Azar
Indianapolis police spokesman Officer Michael Hewitt said the protesters were warned several times they would be arrested if they did not leave the property. He said Azar wasn’t home at the time of the protest Sunday morning.
An advocacy group for disabled people called ADAPT said in a news release it organized the demonstration to protest rules that have awaited HHS approval for more than two years that would ban shock therapy at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Mass.
An HHS spokeswoman said the agency meets with advocacy groups through appropriate channels.
Wagon wheel kills 4-year-old
Wayne County Sheriff Jeff Cappa said the 4-year-old and a 9-year-old were playing on a cart and wagon being pulled by two horses Saturday. He says something spooked the horses, and the children fell from the cart as the horses ran.
A wheel of the wagon ran over the 4-year-old. The Richmond Palladium Item reports the 9-year-old was transported to a hospital for treatment of a broken leg.
The names of the children haven’t been released.
The incident occurred near the town of Greens Fork, about 60 miles east of Indianapolis.
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