Peru – Yesterday from 12:30 p.m. until approximately midnight, troopers working from the Indiana State Police Peru Post investigated or assisted other agencies with 24 crashes. Six of those crashes resulted in injuries.
Troopers also assisted 13 motorists whose vehicles had slid off the travel portion of the roadway. The main cause for a majority of the crashes and slide offs was motorists traveling too fast for the snow covered roads. When roads become wet or are covered with snow or ice motorists should reduce the speed of their vehicles.
Officers also completed five calls to assist motorists. Assisting a motorist included changing a flat tire, calling a wrecker for a disabled vehicle, or transporting stranded drivers and passengers to a warm building.
The Indiana State Police Peru District is comprised of Cass, Fulton, Grant, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash Counties. A majority of the incidents occurred on I-69 in Grant County and U.S. 31 in Miami County. .
For up-to-date road and weather information, citizens are encouraged to tune to local television and/or radio stations. Another source of information is the National Weather Service; this link http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/ will take visitors directly to the current Indiana weather information. Citizens may also contact the Indiana Department of Transportation Road and Weather line at (800) 261-7623 or visit the Indiana Department of Transportation website at www.trafficwise.in.gov.
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