A semitruck fatally struck a sheriff’s deputy in Indiana whereas he was helping a stranded motorist alongside an interstate, based on native officers.
“It is a heartbreaking loss for our regulation enforcement household and for all the Delaware County group,” Jeff Stanley, the chief deputy for the Delaware County Sheriff’s Workplace, mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
The tragedy occurred within the early hours of Wednesday morning, after officers acquired calls at roughly 3:30 a.m. of a disabled automobile alongside Interstate 69, officers mentioned.
A semi-truck fatally struck a sheriff’s deputy in Indiana whereas he was helping a stranded motorist alongside an interstate, based on native officers.
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The Delaware County sheriff’s deputy, who was recognized as Corporal Blake Reynolds, responded to the scene and located a semitruck partially within the roadway, officers mentioned.
The deputy stopped behind the disabled automobile to “present safety for the motive force” and activated his emergency lights, Indiana State Police Sgt. Scott Keegan mentioned throughout a press convention on Wednesday.
Whereas Reynolds was exterior his automobile, one other semitruck touring northbound “misplaced management and collided with the deputy’s automobile and the disabled semi that was on the aspect of the highway,” Keegan mentioned, calling the crash a “tragic occasion.”
“Regardless of instant emergency response efforts, the deputy didn’t survive his accidents,” Stanley mentioned.
A semi-truck fatally struck a sheriff’s deputy in Indiana whereas he was helping a stranded motorist alongside an interstate, based on native officers.
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The motive force who struck Reynolds was transported to a neighborhood hospital and was present process surgical procedure, however Keegan mentioned his medical situation will not be identified presently.
The sheriff’s officers mentioned no additional particulars on the crash shall be supplied presently “out of respect for the continuing investigation and the household’s privateness.”
Reynolds joined the Delaware County Sheriff’s Workplace in 2022 and “rapidly distinguished himself by his onerous work, professionalism and management,” the sheriff’s workplace said in a statement.
“His passing is an immeasurable loss to his household, his brothers and sisters in uniform and all the group he served with delight,” Stanley mentioned.
