Man dies trying to steal Mustang

An 18- to 20-year-old man died in an apparent attempted burglary of a late model Mustang convertible a half-mile south of Bloomington at about midnight Sunday.\nThe Monroe County Sheriff's Department received a call reporting a crashing sound from the 4700 block of Old S.R. 37 South. Responding officers found a garage door destroyed at a residence on the road, Detective Sgt. Brad Swain said, reading from a report on the incident.\nIt appears the man robbed a house on Old S.R. 37, then destroyed the garage door by ramming through it to get the vehicle out. The man then drove down the road and died on impact after hitting the security rail of a nearby cemetery, Swain said. \nAn Ellettsville police officer later reported passing the vehicle shortly before the crash, unaware the car was stolen. Seeing the squad car might have scared the driver into pulling into a church parking lot and trying to force his way through the steel pole that acted as a security gate to the church's cemetery, Swain said.\nThe driver had the convertible's top down and apparently the windshield gave way enough for the steel pole to come over the top and directly hit the driver, Swain said.\nThe Mustang was registered to the residents of the house with the destroyed garage, and officers found five shotguns and one handgun in the car, stolen from the same house, Swain said. Bloomington Police Department officers also assisted in searching the home, Swain said.\nAlthough Swain was not aware what action the owners of the vehicle would take, he said: "At this point, it's probably one of the many reasons people have insurance"