INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A person that police had said was dead “has been revived” and joined at least seven other people hurt after a car and an SUV crashed at a street intersection east of downtown Indianapolis, police and rescue personnel say.

Officer Amanda Hibschman with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a notification to the news media at 4:30 p.m., “The individual believed to be deceased was transported to the hospital and due to the incredible life-saving efforts of the first responders at the scene and the medical personnel at the hospital, this individual has been revived and is currently in critical condition.”

Medics and IMPD officers were sent shortly before 3:35 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of East New York Street and North State Avenue. That’s in an area with businesses and homes about three-quarters of a mile east of I-70/I-65.

A silver Dodge Charger SRT car was traveling north on State Avenue, and a silver Ford Explorer SUV was going east on New York Street when they collided.

Six children, all riding in the SUV, were among the eight injured.

Indianapolis Fire Department said two children — their ages were not known — were taken in critical condition to Riley Hospital for Children, and another child, age 14, was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital. Two additional children, ages 2 and 12, were stable when taken to Riley, and another additional child, 4, was stable when taken to Methodist Hospital.

The woman driving the SUV was stable when taken to Eskenazi Hospital.

The man driving the car was stable when taken to Methodist Hospital.

Police say the area “will be completely shut down for some time.”

News 8 images from the crash scene showed the SUV had hit and damaged a stoplight pole.