Docs: Intoxicated driver traveled nearly 100 mph in crash with family of 7

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday formally charged an Indianapolis man in connection to an SUV and car crash that injured eight people, including six children, on Tuesday the city’s east side.

Tramayne Harris, 27, faces these charges:

• Eight felony counts of causing catastrophic injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
• Four felony counts of criminal recklessness.
• A learner’s permit violation.

According to court documents, prosecutors requested Harris be placed in the Marion County jail on a seven-day hold without bond for “initiating a revocation of probation.” Harris was on probation after being convicted of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, and carrying a firearm in relation to drug trafficking.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers at 3:34 p.m. Tuesday responded to the intersection of North State Avenue on East New York Street on a report of a personal injury crash.

In the security camera video obtained by News 8, a gray Dodge SRT Hellcat is seen traveling northbound and fast on State Avenue through a red light and striking a silver Ford Explorer SUV traveling east on New York Street.

Court documents reveal that Harris was traveling at 87-97 mph before colliding with the SUV. Seven people riding in the SUV, including six children, were suffering serious injuries. During the collision, an 8-year-old was ejected and sustained a severe head injury. Arriving paramedics initially believed the child had not survived, but they performed lifesaving procedures at the scene and managed to revive him, eventually intubating him there.

The child was rushed to Riley Hospital for Children for medical treatment.

Harris suffered d a laceration to his forehead from the crash. He was later transported by ambulance to Eskenazi Hospital for medical treatment.

Several witnesses told investigators Harris had been aggressively driving, passing vehicles on the double yellow line and nearly hitting another vehicle head on.

Harris was unable to complete a field sobriety test but underwent a blood draw hours after the crash. The results revealed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.145%, nearly twice Indiana’s legal limit of 0.08%.

Police at the scene located an open bottle of Jose Cuervo in the car.

A few days after the crash, detectives went to Riley Hospital for Children to check on the injuries of those in the SUV:

• Eliza Garcia: fractured bone in neck; rib fracture close to heart; fractured bone in back
• (released from I.U. Methodist).
• Front seat passenger, 14-year-old E.A.: contusion to right hip; seatbelt contusion to right
• hip and right shoulder; contusion to right elbow.
• 12-year-old passenger, J.A.: second degree concussion; brain fog; orbital fracture; facial
• lacerations; possible spinal injury; still in neck brace awaiting x-rays.
• 10-year-old passenger, L.A.: unconscious at hospital; ruptured bladder; vaginal trauma;
• fractured pelvis.
• 8-year-old (ejected) passenger, I.A.: unconscious at hospital; traumatic brain injury;
• fracture pelvis; fractured right elbow; fractured left foot; lacerated liver; fractured left
• orbital; left scalp bruise; pulmonary contusions.
• Four-year-old passenger B.A.: multiple right lower pulmonary contusions, lower exterior
• abdominal contusion, abrasions forehead and fingers and left lower extremities
• A 2-year-old passenger, U.A.: laceration on top of head, contusion side of head.