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... Or why you shouldn't believe everything you read in the news...

An accident between an Indianapolis patrol car and three motorcycles. Four riders, one fatal, one critical, one serious, and one untouched. This first news article says the motorcycle crashed into the patrol car. Compare that with the second article that interviews the survivor. They were at a red light and weren't moving, and the patrol car hit them from behind.

One Dead After Motorcycle Crashes Into IMPD Car

By Stan Lehr

8/6/2010

...Bisard had his red lights and siren in operation as he approached the intersection with Brendan Way on East 56th Street.

Other vehicles moved to the shoulder, but three bikes remained in the left lane...

Witness recounts crash involving IMPD car

They had been going to lunch; crash killed a co-worker and injured 2 others

By Melanie D. Hayes

Posted: August 8, 2010

..."I heard the sirens coming," Burt said. "I looked to the left, then to the right, and then back, and I see a cop car coming toward us. We can't move to the right, because there are cars stopped to the right. We can't go forward, because there are cars in front of us...

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