SEYMOUR, Ind. — On Nov. 22, Indiana State Police Sergeant Stephen Wheeles, was assisting another trooper on I-65 with the reconstruction of an accident that had happened two days earlier. Wheeles then heard a call of an accident with possible injuries on SR 11, north of Seymour, and started toward the accident. The dispatch stated that a vehicle was in water and that a woman was entrapped inside the vehicle.
When Sergeant Wheeles arrived at the accident, at SR 11 near County Road, he found a car partially submerged in water and sinking. Sergeant Wheeles immediately went to the aid of the driver, 23-year-old Megan Fleetwood , who was trapped in the vehicle.
Sergeant Wheeles immediately went into the water to rescue Fleetwood. Once in the water, Wheeles, given a hammer from another person at the scene, used the hammer to bust out the back window of the car pulling Fleetwood out of the vehicle to safety.
During the rescue Sergeant Wheeles suffered injuries to his hand and arm. Sergeant Wheeles and Fleetwood were transported to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour for treatment.
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