Single-vehicle crash with fatality near Iowa St, Hobart IN

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Reported: 11/7/2025 03:07 PM

Iowa St, Hobart, IN 46410

A single-vehicle crash occurred near intersection of 145th Avenue and Iowa Street. The driver was trapped in the vehicle and later confirmed dead. Firefighters worked to extricate the driver and cooled the vehicle's engine to prevent fire.

Audio|Source: Hobart Area Public Safety

01:55

Transcript:

00:00

Central from command.

00:04

Go ahead.

00:07

Central we have the driver is going to be pinned in the vehicle.

00:11

Driver is going to be 10-0[1].

00:13

Go ahead and have all units keep coming in.

00:16

We're going to have an extended extrication once the corner clears.

00:21

10-4.

00:30

Central from command.

00:31

Go ahead and also see if you can.

00:34

Tone Hebron Fire Department for an engine, change of quarters to station 66.

00:39

Copy him.

00:44

All incoming units to the crash, we're going to be west of 145th, west of 145th.

00:51

Check east, we're east of 145th.

00:58

6.31 is clear east of 145th.

01:04

Clear 31. How many personnel do you have?

01:08

4 on board.

01:11

Clear. We're going to set up a line right now, protect this vehicle and it is smoking is still warm.

01:17

A single patient at this time,

01:20

medics right now are confirming 10-0[1].

01:23

Once you get here, let's just do a face-to-face with 15.

01:28

Clear, face-to-face on arrival.

01:35

58 copies east on a 141, about a mile out.

01:41

Clear, yeah, we're east of Iowa on 145 single vehicle into a tree.

01:47

When you get here, 31,

01:49

58, 31, we'll just do a face-to-face.

01:51

We're going to cool the engine block right now,

01:54

and then we're going to have to wait for the corner.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-0: Deceased person (dead body/DOA)

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Iowa St, Hobart, IN 46410

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