Gary, IN : Man killed and girl injured in crash on Monday, June 26, 2017

The Porter County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal crash involving an officer with the Kouts Police Department in which a man was killed, the officer was injured and a 4-year-old girl was ejected from a passenger car.

The accident occurred shortly after 9:15 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Indiana 8 and Baums Bridge Road in Pleasant Township, according to a news release from Sgt. Jamie Erow, public information officer for the Sheriff's Department.Robert Lindsey, 45, of Winamac, died of his injuries shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday at Porter Regional Hospital, according to Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris.

Brock Moore, 24, an officer with the Kouts Police Department, was transported to Porter Regional Hospital for treatment of head lacerations and released.

The 4-year-old was transported via Samaritan Medical Transport helicopter to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne with serious injuries.

Whether Officer Moore will be placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the collision investigation is unknown.

"He has to be medically cleared to return to work, so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it," said Kouts Police Chief James Smith. Moore has been with the department since February.

The last time a Kouts officer was injured in a car accident while on duty was 10 years ago, Smith said, when Patrolman John Guthrie's patrol car struck a utility pole while he was pursuing a suspect. Guthrie, who suffered multiple injuries, was off duty for seven months, he added.

Based on witness statements and an initial investigation by officers on the scene, Moore, in a 2008 white Chevrolet Impala squad car, was eastbound on Indiana 8 approaching Baums Bridge Road, and Lindsey, in a green, 1998 Buick Regal, was northbound on Baums Bridge Road.

The initial investigation, Erow said, showed Lindsey failed to yield the right of way to Moore's squad car and was struck on the driver's side by the squad car.

The Sheriff Department's accident reconstruction team was called to the scene and continues its investigation, and additional toxicology results are pending, Erow said.

Assisting at the scene were the Hebron Police Department, Kouts Fire Department, Porter EMS, Samaritan Medical Transport and H&A Towing.

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Man killed, girl injured in crash involving Kouts squad car