An Indianapolis man and Triton Central graduate will avoid prison time thanks to the testimony of an Indiana State Police trooper.

Mason Durrett, 23, entered a guilty plea to one count of causing serious bodily injury while operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Level 5 felony. His sentence is three years with all the time suspended to probation thanks to the testimony of the state trooper who was injured in the incident in June of 2021.

The trooper testified that he didn’t want to see Durrett’s life ruined by going to prison.

Durrett collided with the back of the state police cruiser in an I-74 construction zone in Shelby County.

Durrett will serve one year of home detention with the three years of probation.

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