Authorities: 2 dead in crash involving police car in Indiana
LAWRENCE, Ind. — Authorities say a husband and wife in their 80s have died after the car they were riding in collided with a police squad car in central Indiana.
Lawrence police say 86-year-old Norman Elling and 87-year-old Selma Elling died following the Monday afternoon crash.
Deputy police Chief Gary Woodruff says the officer, 15-year-veteran Johnathan Clark, was responding to a reported shoplifting in progress at the time of the crash.