Auto Yard Fire + Three People Killed In Intersection Crash + PETA

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 82 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories in Indianapolis today:

1. A fire destroyed dozens of cars at a south side Indianapolis auto yard on Wednesday morning. Indianapolis Fire Department crews arrived to find about 40 cars ablaze at Insurance Auto Auctions located at 3202 S. Harding St. The auto yard is looking into the possibility that a lightning strike from thunderstorms overnight may have started the fire. (Fox 59)
2. Three people were hit in an intersection by two vehicles after they collided outside IPS School 57. A 7-year-old girl, who was a student at the school, died at Riley Hospital for Children after being struck. Indianapolis Public Schools canceled Wednesday classes at George W. Julian School 57. (WTHR)
3. A victim is in critical condition after a shooting at the 8600 block of E. Michigan St. on the east side of Indianapolis on Wednesday morning. (CBS 4 Indianapolis)
4. PETA is planning a protest on Thursday at the Eli Lilly headquarters over their use of an animal experiment called the “forced swim test.”(WIBC - Indianapolis News & Politics)
5. Outreach Indiana is celebrating its 25th anniversary of helping homeless teens this year. (WISHTV.com)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About the author: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She is an alum of The University of Rhode Island, where she received a BA degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.