Father dies, 2 children injured after car plunges into Indianapolis pond

Father dead, 2 kids pulled from retention pond

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A car went into a pond early Tuesday on the northeast side of Indianapolis, leaving a man dead and two children injured.

Investigators say 28-year-old Dechon Sims drove his car into a pond off of Pendleton Way, near I-465 and Pendleton Pike, just after midnight.

Four Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers entered the water to rescue the man and the children, Indianapolis Fire Department Chief Rita Reith said…

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