INDIANAPOLIS-
Just after 3:00 a.m. on March 31, 2019 Officers with the Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to a person struck in the 800
block of Broad Ripple Ave. Witnesses stated a female pedestrian had
stepped into oncoming traffic, when she was struck by a vehicle. Indianapolis
Emergency Medical Services (IEMS) responded to the scene and pronounced her
person deceased.
The striking vehicle fled the scene immediately. Shortly after, IMPD
officers located the vehicle and driver just several blocks away from the
incident.
The driver was identified as 28-year-old Monique Willis. Willis was
detained and subsequently arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated
causing death and leaving the scene of an accident. A preliminary
Probable Cause Affidavit (PC) has been sent to the Marion County Prosecutor’s
Office and the case will be screened for official charges.
The Marion County Coroner will be assisting and will determine the exact manner
and cause of death. The MCCO will release the name of the deceased once proper
next-of-kin notification has been made.
