An Indianapolis Airport police
officer was arrested Saturday morning in connection with a drunken driving
accident that left an Indianapolis man in critical condition.
Around 4 a.m. Saturday morning,
Indiana State Police responded to a crash on I-65 northbound at the 112.5 mile
marker, near the I-65/I-70 split in downtown Indianapolis.
Officers arrived to find Paul
Hines, 58, of Indianapolis, had been pinned between his car and a guardrail in
the emergency shoulder. Hines had been changing the right front tire on his car
when another vehicle, driven by Lindsay Standeford, 24, of Mooresville,
collided with his vehicle.
Police said their preliminary
investigation revealed that Standeford crossed the white fog line and struck
the left rear of Hines' vehicle, shoving it forward and pinning him against the
guard rail.
Hines was transported to
Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition with injuries to his upper body.
Standeford, who is an
Indianapolis Airport police officer, submitted to a blood test following the
crash that showed her BAC at .14 percent. She was off-duty at the time of the
crash, and was not injured.
Officials from the Indianapolis
Airport Police Department said Standeford had been placed on paid
administrative leave pending further investigation.
Standeford was taken to Marion
County Jail on preliminary charges of operating a motor vehicle while
intoxicated causing serious bodily injury, a class "D" felony.