Posted: Feb 8, 2026 / 06:32 AM EST / Updated: Feb 9, 2026 / 08:34 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man died late Saturday night after crashing into an unoccupied construction vehicle on East Washington Street.
IMPD officers responded to the accident around 11 p.m. in the 1400 block of East Washington Street, involving at least one vehicle, according to authorities.
The occupant of the vehicle, identified as 32-year-old Miguel De Jesus Medina-Cruz, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Coroners reported that Medina-Cruz succumbed to injuries sustained from the impact with an unoccupied excavator, but the cause leading to the crash remains unclear.
IMPD-certified accident investigators are examining the incident. East Washington Street is closed between Arsenal Avenue and Oriental Street as officials conduct their investigation.