Video: Ind. Police Officer Struck Deploying Stop Sticks During Chase

A Mooresville police officer suffered a broken thumb and other injuries after he was deploying stop sticks near Brooklyn and was struck by the fleeing suspect he was trying to stop.

Joe Vince

April 30, 2025

2 min read

An Indiana police officer escaped serious injury after he was struck by a vehicle during a chase over the weekend.

The incident happened just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday when Morgan County sheriff's deputies tried to stop a speeding vehicle, according to a social media post by the Brooklyn Police Department. A chase began as the vehicle sped away, but the suspect was able to elude authorities.

The suspect was spotted in Paragon, and a second chase began. When the pursuit reached Brooklyn, police deployed stop sticks to disable the fleeing vehicle, which the suspect avoided by driving into oncoming traffic.

A Mooresville police officer also tried deploying stop sticks near Brooklyn. He was struck when the suspect swerved to avoid the stop sticks.

The officer was rushed to the hospital and later released. Mooresville Police Chief Kerry Buckner told WTHR-TV that the officer suffered a broken thumb and sprains, and he will recover at home.

"He's a little shaken up, but physically, he's good," Mooresville Police Officer Andrew Ballard told WTHR.

The chase continued into Hendricks County, but it was ended near Camby when authorities felt it was posing a danger to the public.

“Mooresville is a small department, and hearing something like that come across the radio, it would worry you because we're all so close here," said Ballard. "It's like having a brother get injured, or a sister get injured. It's nothing you ever want to see.”

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.