January 27, 2011
December 1, 2010
FIRST INDIANA SNOWFALL LEAVES INDIANAPOLIS ROADS FILLED WITH ACCIDENTS AND FRUSTRATED DRIVERS
By noon in Indianapolis, Indiana, cars, trucks, and semis around the city were reporting numerous accidents and road closures. The following are a few:
--An auto accident closed 3 lanes of NB of I-465 near I-70 (mile marker 42.8).
--A crash in the right lane of SB 465 near West 71st Street (near mile marker 21.0).
-- 3 right lanes of eastbound I-70 were closed near Shadeland Avenue (mile marker 88.2).
--Clean up of a wreck close the left lane of northbound I-65 near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (near mile 116.5).
--3 lanes of westbound I-70 were shut down near Rural Street/Keystone Avenue due to an automobile crash near mile marker 84.5.
October 7, 2010
INDIANA INJURY ATTORNEYS HELP VICTIMS OF FATAL AND SERIOUS CAR AND SEMI TRUCK ACCIDENTS, CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT AND WORK RELATED INJURIES
Kooi Law Firm, a full service personal injury and worker's compensation law firm has expanded its practice to assist victims of personal injury, wrongful death and work injuries in Central, Southern and Northern Illinois, as well as the entire State of Indiana. Kooi Law Firm is dedicated to assisting victims and their families, providing them a voice, knowledge and skill-set required in today's legal climate. The attorneys at Kooi Law Firm represent only victims and their families and never represent Insurance Companies, Employers or their affiliates. For the past five years, Kooi Law Firm has continued to increase their web presence at www.IndyFirm.com and www.CompFirm.com
October 21, 2009
April 27, 2009
FISHERS INDIANA MONEY MANAGER MARCUS SHRENKER TO FACE COMPETANCY HEARING BEFORE FLORIDA FEDERAL COURT
Marcus Shrenker, the Fishers, Indiana, money manager who gained notoriety after he jumped from his perfectly good million dollar-plus turbo-prop Piper Malibu airplane, told media that he "wasn't of sound mind" when he attempted to fake his own death.
Shrenker continues to deny the fact that his jump was a suicide attempt. In a telephone interview with ABC's "Good Morning America", Schrenker said his plane crashed as a result of "clear air turbulence". He claims to have sustained injury as a result of the turbulence.
A federal judge has set a hearing on Thursday to determine whether Schrenker is competent to stand trial on criminal charges resulting from the crash and his alleged financial misdoings. Schrenker told Good Morning America that he has had mental problems for years, and "[t]here was clearly something going on mentally with me starting in 2007". Shrenker went on to tell ABC that family members attempted to have him hospitalized just days prior to his crash, but he had refused. On January 13, 2009, Schrenker was arrested at a Florida KOA campground. This was just two days after he apparently bailed out of his plane over Alabama. According to media reports, Shrenker was attempting to flee family and financial issues that had come to a head at the beginning of the New Year. Shrenker was found in a tent semiconscious and bleeding heavily from self-inflicted knife wounds to his wrist.
February 13, 2009
THE WHITE RIVER REACHES FLOOD STAGE IN NOBLESVILLE, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA
Rainfall and melting snow caused the White River in Noblesville,
Hamilton County, Indiana, to reach flood stage this week. Officials believe the river should crest and fall below flood stage in Noblesville by Saturday.
Although most roads in Hamilton County were able to remain clear of the flood waters, the White River continued to shows signs of rising. The Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency reported that the White River should crest at just shy of 17 ft., which would be just about 3 ft. above designated flood levels.
February 5, 2009
INDIANA STATE POLICE NOW CONFIRM ERROR AND REPORT ONLY TWO DEAD IN HAMILTON COUNTY CAR ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 69
Just hours after reporting that a male driver was a third victim in the multi-vehicle pile-up on Interstate 69 just south of Noblesville in Fishers, Indiana on Tuesday morning, Indiana State police confirm that the suspected third decedent had been located in Methodist Hospital. Police blame the magnitude of the accident and the massive number of witnesses and victims as the culprit for the mix-up on information.
February 4, 2009
DEADLY CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 69 IN FISHERS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA, CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A THIRD VICTIM AND FORCES MULTIPLE HOSPITALIZATIONS
A third victim is now reported to have been killed by one of Hamilton County's worst traffic accidents on record. The deadly pile-up, which involved at least 32 vehicles, including 9 semi trucks and a firetruck, occurred around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. Witnesses reported that a firetruck, which had been helping a slide-off victim, was struck from behind, which in turn lead to a deadly chain of events where cars and trucks alike began piling up on a stretch of Interstate 69 in Fishers, Indiana, which sits adjacent to the Fishers High School in Hamilton County. The National Weather Service reported heavy snowfall that hit Central Indiana (about 3.8 in. in total) just as the morning commute was peaking. Dozens of other accidents were reported throughout the morning in that area and stretching up to Anderson. Indiana State Police blamed most of the crashes on people driving too fast and following other cars too closely in the poor winter weather conditions.
First reports identified two men in a heavy-duty commercial pick-up truck, Dustin R. Goettman, 27, and Ryan A. Phillips, 28, both of Anderson, as having been killed. Later Tuesday evening, police confirmed that a third victim of the accident, which had initially been listed as critical, had succumbed to their injuries.
Travel in the area remained dangerous for most of the day, and a large portion of Interstate 69 remained closed while investigation into the accident continued. Witnesses reported that the fatal pileup began when a southbound car on I-69 slid off the road, and a semi and a fire truck pulled over to help. As the morning commute traffic began stacking in the area, vehicles were unable to slow down and began slamming into one another. Shortly after the first impact, a semi truck reportedly slid sideways and struck several vehicles. By the time the vehicles and impacts slowed down, the motor vehicles involved included 22 passenger vehicles, nine semi trucks and a firetruck.
February 3, 2009
MULTI CAR PILE-UP NEAR FISHERS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA CAUSES SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH MULITIPLE INJURIES AND FATALITIES AND FORCES I-69 TO BE SHUTDOWN
Indiana State Police were forced to shut down both directions of nearly 45 miles of Interstate 69 from Fishers in Hamilton County to the Alexandria exit after over 30 cars and semi-tractors were involved in numerous accidents Tuesday, including a deadly chain reaction pile-up in Fishers, Indiana. 
State police reported that twenty-eight cars and five semi trucks were involved in a chain reaction collision. Two people riding in a semi truck were killed and one person was critically injured. Ten others were taken to nearby hospitals, and police reported multiple entrapments with injuries.
Indiana State Police are blaming weather conditions, speed and drivers following too closely for the deadly chain of events. Police believe the accident started when two vehicles struck a firetruck that was assisting a stranded motorist on the roadside. Those firefighters were not among the reported injured. The accident's initiation point was very close to Fishers High School in Hamilton County, Indiana.
Three of the injured were removed on stretchers. Other witnesses and some of the injured were being taken to Fishers High School to be interviewed and/or treated for minor injuries. Several motorists remained entrapped for over an hour after the accident was first reported. There was also at least one fuel spill from one of the vehicles. Haz-Mat teams were dispatched to assist in clean-up.
Further north on I-69 in Madison County, multiple accidents and pileups were being reported with no resulting serious injuries or fatalities. The accidents involved a stretch of the Interstate from Pendleton to near Ind. 236 east of Anderson.
The sudden snow accumulation that hit the Indianapolis area Tuesday Morning prompted the National Weather Service to issue a winter weather advisory for the southeastern quarter of Indiana. They reported approximately 3.7 inches of snow fell at Indianapolis International Airport in about three hours before 10:00 am.
