The 33-year-old is being remembered as 'a shining star within the state police.'
ISP Trooper Aaron Smith is the second Indiana State Police trooper killed by a fleeing vehicle this year, officials said.An Indiana state trooper was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle being chased by police in suburban Indianapolis, officials said.
Three people from the vehicle were treated at Indianapolis hospitals for injuries. Two young men were jailed - an 18-year-old suspected of driving the car on a preliminary murder charge and a 19-year-old on a preliminary auto theft charge, state police said. A 15-year-old girl with them in the car was listed as a missing person from Missouri and will be turned over to authorities there.
State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter said investigators would be reviewing dashcam and body camera video of the crash. The Hendricks County prosecutor will decide on criminal charges from the chase and the death of Smith, who is survived by his wife.
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