Police investigating fatal crash involving car, semi on Main Street in Greenwood

LATEST: The Johnson County coroner identified the woman who died as Michaela Elaine Norton, 26, of Greenwood.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A crash on Main Street in Greenwood killed a woman and sent a 1-year-old child to the hospital for evaluation, police said Wednesday.

Around 6:15 a.m., the Greenwood Fire Department responded to a crash involving a semitrailer and a car at Main Street and Commerce Parkway West Drive. That’s a commercial area just east of I-65.

The driver of the car, identified by firefighters as a woman in her 30s, died at the scene.

A 1-year-old child in the woman’s vehicle was taken to Riley Hospital for Children in “okay condition,” the Greenwood Police Department told News 8.

Police did not say if the woman and child were related.

The truck driver, a man whose name was not shared by police, was not seriously hurt.

The semitrailer ended up in a roadside ditch after the crash, where it leaked approximately 60 gallons of diesel fuel into the grass. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is working on cleanup.

Investigators did not say what caused the crash.

The Johnson County Coroner’s Office is at the scene to assist with the investigation.

Road closure

Main Street is blocked from I-65 to Graham Road. The closure is expected to last until at least noon.

The ramp from northbound I-65 to Main Street is also closed. Northbound traffic trying to exit at Main Street will be redirected back onto the interstate. Drivers can exit at County Line Road.

Detour information

Drivers headed north on I-65 should consider exiting at Worthsville Road or County Line Road.

Drivers coming from downtown Greenwood should use Emerson Avenue and U.S. 31 to get to either County Line Road or Worthsville Road.

Drivers from the east should use Graham Road.