DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind — A Delaware County sheriff's corporal was killed in a crash on Interstate 69 early Wednesday morning, police said.

The crash was reported shortly around 3:45 a.m. Nov. 12 along northbound I-69 at the 247 mile-marker, near Gaston.

A release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office said preliminary information indicated the corporal – later identified by the sheriff's office as Blake Reynolds – was assisting a stranded driver when his patrol car was struck by a northbound semi.

"Despite immediate emergency response efforts, the deputy did not survive his injuries," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Indiana State Police is now investigating the incident. ISP Sgt. Scott Keegan said around 3:30 a.m., Reynolds responded to a report of a disabled semi. That se

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