The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is warning Hoosiers not to respond to solicitations from a caller offering reduced insurance rates who claims they are doing it on behalf of BMV. “At no time will the BMV ever contact our customers about insurance rates,” BMV Commissioner R. Scott Waddell said. The calls are coming from the following number: 765-733-1023.
 

An 18-year-old was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday night following an accidental shooting at an Avon home. Hendricks County police say 19-year-old Leif Senecal was with a friend in an upstairs bedroom when a shotgun he was handling discharged. The shot went through the floor and into a first-floor bathroom, striking Rachel Myers, 18, in both thighs while she was changing clothes. Police said no charges will be filed.
 

Five teenagers were injured at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in Anderson when their car was struck by a semi. Two of the teens were airlifted to IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. The other three were taken to hospitals by ambulance. Police say the car ran a red light and turned into the path of the semi at West 16th Street and Raible Avenue. The truck driver wasn’t injured.
 

Several businesses were evacuated and emergency personnel were called in after a gas line was cut near 116th Street and Keystone Avenue in Carmel just before 10:30 a.m. Dispatchers said construction equipment struck a line in the 700 block of Keystone Way. Gas utility Vectren Corp. is investigating.
 

Nine people escaped a fire that broke out in a small apartment building at about 3 a.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of East Washington Street. The fire in the former home caused an estimated $40,000 in damage. One resident jumped from an upstairs window and injured his ankle. The fire’s cause is under investigation.
 

An Indianapolis woman was found dead after an apartment fire Wednesday evening at Whispering Pines Apartments, 4435 N. Mission Drive, near 46th Street and High School Road. Firefighters were called at about 6:45 p.m. and extinguished the fire in about 20 minutes. The unit where the body of Marsha Bright, 38, was found suffered heavy smoke and fire damage. Authorities are calling the death and fire suspicious.

 

Gasoline prices are at nearly $4 a gallon in many metropolitan areas in Indiana, with a high of $4.07 a gallon in Gary. AAA said Indiana’s average for a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.95 a gallon Monday, up 19 cents in a week. The average cost for a gallon of gas was $3.99 in South Bend and Bloomington, $3.98 in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, and $3.97 in Terre Haute. AAA reports gasoline-supply problems should ease over the next month as some refinery maintenance ends.
 

A garage fire early Tuesday morning on the south side of the city damaged an electrical transformer, knocking out power to about 45 Indianapolis Power & Light customers. Fire crews had to avoid downed power lines when they battled the fire in the 3700 block of South Randolph Street about 4:40 a.m. No injuries were reported.
 

 A woman was seriously hurt after crashing her car into a building in Speedway about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The woman drove her blue Mercedes into Appearances Styling Salon near 16th Street and Lynhurst Drive. She was trapped in the vehicle for about 25 minutes until firefighters freed her. Police weren't sure what led to the crash.

The state Attorney General’s Office says Indiana residents are receiving telephone calls from imposters who ask them to pay delinquent utility bills. The agency says the callers pretend to be utility company employees and may threaten to disconnect the residents’ gas or electricity. The scammers demand payment but refuse to accept checks or credit cards. Instead, they ask the customer to buy a prepaid debit card and call them back with the PIN number.
 

Indianapolis homicide detectives arrested a 24-year-old man over the weekend in connection with a shooting death. Philip Garrett, 24, was preliminarily charged with the murder of Carl Gildersleeve, 28, who was gunned down in a gas station parking lot at 2434 N. Keystone Ave. about 3:40 a.m. Saturday morning.
 

A speeding minivan lost control, hit a fence, went airborne and upside-down, then crashed into a house in Lawrence about 2:30 a.m. Monday. Nobody was home at the time and the 29-year-old female driver walked away relatively uninjured. Police say the car was traveling nearly 90 mph in a 45-mph zone. The driver was taken to the hospital for a blood draw to see if alcohol or drugs played a role.

Indiana State Fair organizers are conducting a job fair Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in hopes of filling 500 openings for this year’s event. Jobs available include ticket seller, parking attendant and security. Anyone in line before 7 p.m. at the agriculture and horticulture building at the fairgrounds will be interviewed, officials said.
 

A Walmart Supercenter on Pendleton Pike in Lawrence was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat was reported just before 8 a.m. Police searched the store for more than an hour before allowing it to reopen.
 

A man was critically injured by a fire in his Wayne Township home Thursday morning. The blaze broke out at about 9 a.m. in the 2500 block of South Holt Road. Officials said the fire was contained to one room and the attic.
 

Speedway police say 23 people were arrested from 8 a.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, well below the 50 who were arrested a year ago during Indy 500 activities. All but five of the arrests were alcohol-related.