A train derailed near Rockville and Girls School roads early Wednesday morning, sending about 18 cars off the tracks. Emergency officials said all of the cars remained upright and no chemicals or dangerous materials leaked from the train. No crossings were blocked and nobody was injured.
 

Five people have died from the flu in Marion County over the past week, health officials said Wednesday, bringing the total death toll in the state this season to 40. The Indiana State Department of Health said 38 of the victims had underlying medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma or renal disease. Thirty-three of the individuals were older than 65 and two were younger than 18.
 

A Lawrence mother has been arrested on neglect charges after a shopper reported seeing a 2-year-old boy alone in an unlocked car outside a Walmart store at 10735 Pendleton Pike. Lawrence police say the boy was sleeping. The car wasn’t running, and the outside temperature was 33 degrees. The mother, 24-year-old Alicia Rodriquez, told officers she was buying medicine for a sick child at home. The boy was turned over to his father.
 

A teenage girl has confessed to making up a story about an attempted abduction, Columbus police say. The girl told a school guidance counselor that a man tried to lure her into a van as she walked to school, but later admitted the fabrication to police. Surveillance videos show no sign of an incident. Police believe the girl, who has not been arrested, was seeking attention.

A Shelbyville man was arrested by Indianapolis police Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run crash Sunday night that killed 63-year-old Kathy Clark. Greg Hudson, 50, faces a charge of failing to stop after an accident causing death, a Class C felony. He was arrested at his Shelbyville home following a tip. Clark was struck while walking south along Meridian Street near Troy Avenue on the south side. Her daughter said she was on her way to see a friend play in a band.


 

This winter’s influenza outbreak has prompted the Marion County Public Health Department to offer a free flu shot clinic Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the health department’s training building, 4012 N. Rural St. The shots are available to anyone who would like one. District health offices also will offer free flu shots Friday during posted hours.
 

A memorial fund has been created to help an Indianapolis family pay for the funeral of a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run accident. Kathy Clark, 63, was killed Sunday while walking along Meridian Street near Troy Avenue. Surveillance video shows a pickup truck hit Clark before driving away. Her remains weren’t found for nearly 17 hours. Police are looking for a light-colored Ford F-150 with a camper shell. It is missing a headlight and a mirror on one side. Donations to the Kathleen Clark Memorial Fund can be made at Old National Bank locations.
 

A Ball State University student died overnight after his car overturned along a flooded roadway in Grant County. Blake A. Taylor, 19, of Kokomo was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police say Taylor was heading to the Muncie campus when his car hydroplaned on a flooded portion of State Road 26 about 11 p.m. and ended up flipping over into a ditch filled with 4 feet to 5 feet of water.
 

Slick roads may be to blame for a crash that shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 74 at the Brownsburg exit for about three hours Sunday. The accident, involving a semitrailer and a passenger car, happened about 7:40 p.m. The driver of the passenger car was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
 

A semitrailer crash and resulting spill closed northbound Interstate 65 near the Franklin exit in Johnson County for about three hours Monday. The Indiana Department of Transportation said diesel fuel, antifreeze and hydraulic fluid spilled from the jackknifed semi. Lanes reopened after 9:30 a.m. At least one person was taken to an area hospital in unknown condition after the accident. A cause is under investigation.
 

Incoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced Thursday that her inauguration will take place Jan. 19 at the Indiana Statehouse, three days after Mike Pence is sworn in as governor. The Ritz inaugural event will feature choirs from Brownsburg and Broad Ripple high schools. Former First Lady Judy O'Bannon and Emmis Broadcasting CEO Jeff Smulyan are scheduled to attend.
 

Emergency crews rescued a woman from her sport-utility vehicle Friday morning after it stalled in flood waters rising from a nearby creek at a Pike Township apartment complex. The woman called 911 before 8 a.m. and said the water on the road in the Woods at Eagle Creek, near 59th Street and Moller Road, was waist high. Firefighters, secured by safety ropes, led the woman to safety.
 

Indianapolis police are investigating a shooting death on the city’s far-east side. The body of a man was found Friday about 7:30 a.m. outside the New Beginnings Learning Center in the 3500 block of Roseway Drive, near 38th Street and Franklin Road. Police don’t believe there is a connection between the daycare center and the death.