The man accused of killing an Indiana State Police trooper in a Hendricks County crash last week had stolen the vehicle from his mother before fleeing Missouri with two other people, according to court documents.was killed when he was struck by the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse on Ronald Reagan Parkway just outside of Indianapolis on June 28.
It’s unclear how they ended up in Indianapolis, but Jones told police they arrived on June 26 and slept in the car in a hotel parking lot.On June 28 the three were parked in the Traverse at a gas station/McDonald’s on Kentucky Avenue near South High School Road on the southwest side of Indianapolis. Jones later told police he wanted to surrender while at the McDonald’s, but Curry told him to flee and he gave into peer pressure. The 15-year-old girl told investigators all three occupants decided they should flee, according to the affidavit.“ stated they told , 'do what you gotta do man,' and so he decided to take off,” the probable cause affidavit reads.
Jones told police his glasses slipped off so he couldn’t see well while trying to escape police. He also said that he saw Smith from about 100 yards away and that he applied the brakes and lost control of the car before the collision, according to the affidavit.