Man who struck Indiana trooper helping change tire sentenced
A man who pleaded guilty to drunk driving and striking an Indiana state trooper helping to change a tire on the side of the interstate sentenced Friday. Armaandeep Singh, a man charged with driving drunk and injuring a state trooper who was helping change a tire, has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison at the Indiana Department of Correction and two years probation. Singh pleaded guilty to one felony count of causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated in the Jan. 20, 2024 crash that severely injured 22-year-old Indiana State Trooper Azariah Keith. Keith was outside his car when Singh allegedly swerved around another trooper's vehicle blocking traffic lanes and lost control and hit him with a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. Singh was released 17 days later.
Published : 11 months ago by Sarah Nelson, Indianapolis Star in Auto
INDIANAPOLIS — A man charged with driving drunk and striking a state trooper who was helping change a tire on the side of I-65 will spend nearly two years at Indiana Department of Correction and two years on probation, according to court records.
Armaandeep Singh was sentenced Friday in Marion Superior Court after pleading guilty to one felony count of causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated in the Jan. 20, 2024 crash that severely injured 22-year-old Indiana State Trooper Azariah Keith.
According to state police, Keith was outside his car on the interstate, near 30th and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. streets helping a stranded motorist change a flat tire when he was struck.
Keith had just finished changing the tire when Singh is alleged to have swerved around another trooper’s vehicle that was blocking traffic lanes for safety, lost control, crashed into the concrete median barrier and struck him with a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, according to charging documents.
Keith was taken to a hospital, where he was released 17 days later.
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