Crothersville officer injured in Interstate 65 crash

A Crothersville police officer was seriously injured after his stopped patrol car was struck from behind by a semi on Interstate 65 Friday morning.

Indiana State Police say that 45-year-old Officer Michael A. Weiler and another officer were blocking traffic on the interstate in their police cruisers, providing traffic control for a highway maintenance crew near Crothersville.

At about 6 a.m., a semi driven by 37-year-old Harvest L. Beacham collided with Weiler’s vehicle, flipping it off the east side of the roadway where it landed upside down.

Weiler had to be rescued from the wreckage and then was flown to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis with serious injuries. Beacham was uninjured.