PORTER Co., Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 20-year-old woman accidentally shot her leg inside a stalled car last week on the Indiana Toll Road, prompting a nearby state trooper to apply a tourniquet to her.
She was in a Toyota Camry with a flat tire near the Chesterton/Valparaiso exit about 2 a.m. Sept. 29 when a gunshot rang out as a tow operator was preparing the tow the car, Indiana State Police said in a statement.
A nearby state trooper heard the gunfire and found the woman bleeding from her leg, state police said. Three other people were in the car, including an uninjured 1-year-old child sitting next to the woman.
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The state trooper applied a tourniquet to the leg of the woman, who was taken to South Bend Memorial Hospital for her serious injury, state police said. She is expected to survive.
Authorities recovered a 9mm handgun, which allegedly belonged to one of the other passengers in the car.
No charges were announced.
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