For Immediate Release

3/25/2022

Fatal Automobile Accident

Date: 3/25/2022

Location: Coliseum Blvd & Lake Avenue

Time: 6:45 AM

Details:

On Friday March 25, 2022 at approximately 6:45 AM officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the intersection of Coliseum Blvd and Lake Ave in reference to a fatal automobile accident. As officers and paramedics arrived on the scene, they located an adult male unresponsive lying on the west side of Coliseum. Paramedics pronounced the male victim deceased at the scene.

Witnesses advised that the male victim was observed running westbound on Coliseum while crossing the street as one vehicle swerved and missed the male while a second vehicle struck the victim.  At the time of the crash, it was dark outside.  The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash remained on the scene and is cooperating with investigators.

The identity of the victim will be released by the Allen County Coroner’s Office. Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department F.A.C.T team along with the Air Support Unit was dispatched to the scene to collect evidence and document the scene.

Southbound traffic for Coliseum is currently closed to all southbound traffic while the scene is being processed. 

John Chambers
Public Information Officer
Fort Wayne Police Department