IMPD: 1 dead, 1 critically injured in crash on west side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – One woman has died following a crash on the city’s west side Monday morning.

Police say two women, one of them elderly, were involved in the crash. The other woman is in critical condition.

According to dispatch, the crash happened Monday around 5:56 a.m. in the 8400 block of West 56th Street.

56th Street was shutdown until after 9 a.m. for clean up.

Officers aren’t sure what led to the crash, but they said it appears one car crossed the center line before hitting the other vehicle head-on.