Just over an hour apart on Sunday morning, two men were allegedly responsible for two impaired driving crashes into Johnson County Sheriff’s Office vehicles. One of the crashes resulted in a non-life-threatening injury to Deputy Clint Abbott.
Accident with injury
Fabion S. Craig, 21 of Greenwood, was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury, possession of a controlled substance, driving while suspended resulting in injury, and resisting law enforcement.
The crash occurred at approximately 2:48 a.m. Sunday on Morgantown Road south of Old Smith Valley Road in White River Township. A white Toyota RAV4, driven by Fabion hit the deputy’s car head-on as the deputy was on his way to respond to a domestic dispute in the area, according to a crash report compiled by Bargersville Police.
The driver that struck the deputy’s vehicle was believed to have been left of center. The deputy was traveling north and the other vehicle was traveling south on Morgantown Road, the report says.
Both the deputy and the other driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to Johnson Memorial Hospital, via White River Township Fire Department Ambulance. After being checked out at JMH, the deputy was transported to an Indianapolis hospital for surgery on his broken leg, said Duane Burgess, sheriff.
Other accident
Jacobee A. Doolin, 31 of Indianapolis, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated as a class A misdemeanor.
This crash occurred at 1:09 a.m. while Sgt. Troy Montgomery was on routine patrol in Franklin. He was traveling eastbound on King Street, approaching Umbarger Lane. As he approached the intersection, a red Dodge Avenger turned from westbound to southbound in front of him, according to an accident report compiled by Franklin Police.
Montgomery attempted to navigate around the vehicle but was unable to do so and the right side of Doolin’s Dodge Avenger was struck. The driver of the Avenger failed to yield the right away, the accident report says.
No injuries were reported in this accident, the report says.
